NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 4 -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: University of New Orleans graduate Doug Moreau has spent much of his life involved in organized sports, from scorekeeping to coaching to announcing games. Now Moreau, who is entering his 27th year as the gameday press box announcer for the New Orleans Saints, is headed into the Saints Hall of Fame. Moreau has been chosen to receive the Joe Gemelli "Fleur de Lis" award for his contributions to the  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 3 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a major victory, blocking the Biden Administration's unlawful and indefinite ban on approving applications to export liquified natural gas ("LNG"). Texas, along with Louisiana and fourteen other states, filed a lawsuit to void the unconstitutional LNG export ban, which ignores the Natural Gas Act's presumption in favor of exports, and decades of Department  more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, July 2 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: * * * Five communities in Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennesee receive funding through DRA's Community Infrastructure Fund to improve basic public infrastructure. * * * The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) has awarded more than $4.1 million in investments to five projects in Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee through its Community Infrastructure Fund (CIF). Funding for this p  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, July 2 -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news: Dr. Lisa Broussard has been named dean of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's College of Nursing & Health Sciences. Broussard's appointment is effective July 1. She has been the college's interim dean since 2022, after Dr. Melinda Oberleitner ended her service as dean. Broussard has been integral in the growth of the College of Nursing & Health Sciences, which is the primary creator  more

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, July 4 -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: The Contractor's Educational Trust Fund donated $50,000 to Nicholls State University's geomatics program. The donation will help Nicholls supplement the existing $300,000 Super Endowed Professorship. "Once again, the construction industry recognizes the value and importance of higher education. The Contractor's Education Trust Fund is honored to make this annual contribution to Nichols State," said Ke  more

IRVINE, California, July 3 (TNSres) -- CoreLogic, a property, mortgage and consumer information provider, issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: * * * * U.S. home prices posted a 4.9% year-over-year gain in May, the lowest rate of appreciation recorded since October 2023. * May's monthly gains, up by 0.6%, slowed to below pre-pandemic levels after four months of hotter home price increases. * All states saw annual home price gains, ranging from 0.9% in Louisiana and Texas to 12%  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 6 -- Disney World issued the following news release on July 5, 2024: On the heels of applications launching today for the 2025 Disney Dreamers Academy, one of the academy's recent graduates - aspiring entrepreneur Te'Lario Watkins II of Ohio - experienced a dream come true moment as a result of his participation in the Walt Disney World Resort mentoring program. Watkins, 16, recently spent an afternoon on the set of ABC's hit show 'Shark Tank' as the personal gues  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 3 -- Entergy New Orleans LLC issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: Entergy New Orleans today announced the addition of Leroy Nix to the operating company's leadership team. Nix will serve as the vice president of regulatory and public affairs for Entergy New Orleans. In this role, he will be responsible for the company's engagement with the New Orleans City Council and overall stakeholder outreach. "Leroy is a great addition to our leadership team at E  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 3 -- Gov. Jeff Landry, R-Louisiana, issued the following news on July 2, 2024: Today, Governor Jeff Landry announced the appointment of Joseph F. Toomy as the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans and Roderick Clark as the President of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. "I am proud to announce the appointment of Joseph Toomy as the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans and Roderick Clark as the Pr  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 2 -- Gov. Jeff Landry, R-Louisiana, issued the following news on July 1, 2024: * * * Will use unspent money from pre-approved fund * * * Today, Governor Jeff Landry announced with the support of Senate President Cameron Henry, Speaker Phillip Devillier, Brig. Gen. Thomas Friloux, and GOHSEP Director Jacques Thibodeaux that Operation Lone Star is being extended. During the initial mission that ended earlier this month, the LANG spent approximately $2.2 million of  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 4 -- Gov. Jeff Landry, R-Louisiana, issued the following news on July 3, 2024: * * * Will be State Employee Under GOHSEP Ensuring One Concise Weather Voice * * * Today, Governor Jeff Landry announced that Jay Grymes will be the new State Climatologist. Under this new agreement, GOHSEP and LSU have entered into a partnership. Climatologist Jay Grymes will be a GOHSEP employee functioning as the State Climatologist--reporting directly to GOHSEP and Governor Landry.  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 29 (TNSres) -- Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health issued the following news release: In a survey of low-income adults across Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Texas, one in eight respondents who were enrolled in Medicaid at some point since March 2020 reported no longer having Medicaid coverage by late 2023, with nearly half of that pool reporting being currently uninsured, according to a study by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The r  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 4 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Jay Grymes, chief meteorologist for WAFB-TV and interim Louisiana state climatologist since February, has been named the permanent state climatologist, effective Aug. 1. Grymes recently announced he is retiring from WAFB this month after nearly 30 years with the station and joining the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, or GOHSEP, to assist the state with emergency re  more

RUSTON, Louisiana, July 3 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Louisiana Tech University President Jim Henderson is integrating two of the institution's primary external functions--University Advancement and its Innovation Enterprise--under a new senior vice president for innovation and advancement and CEO of the Louisiana Tech University Foundation. Dr. Davy Norris has been tapped to fill this vital role and provide leadership for growing and integrating innovation, public-p  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 4 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: Attorney General Liz Murrill along with a coalition of 15 other states attorneys general won a nationwide stay and preliminary injunction against the Biden Administration's new regulations interpreting Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex or gender. Securing this preliminary injunction stops the Biden administration fr  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 3 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on July 1, 2024: On Monday, July 1, U.S. Federal Judge James Cain Jr. of the Western District of Louisiana, issued a preliminary injunction in Louisiana's favor for the State's lawsuit against President Joe Biden and the United States Department of Energy over the unlawful decisions to ban new liquefied natural gas exports to non-free trade agreement countries. Judge Cain's order lifts the LNG ex  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 3 -- Loyola University issued the following news release: Loyola University New Orleans' award-winning digital filmmaking program will receive $750,000 from Louisiana's Entertainment Development Fund to establish a new cutting-edge production facility that helps educate and train students for post-production work in the rapidly expanding virtual filmmaking sector. The funds, to be paid in $250,000 annual installments over three years, will be used to create a studi  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 2 (TNSres) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The ancient underwater forest about eight miles off the coast of Gulf Shores, Alabama, is known as a time capsule from the last ice age--and for the first time, researchers understand why. Chemical and pollen analyses found the bald cypress trees were buried in sediment from swamp and marsh ecosystems, like those in southeastern United States today. Such low-oxygen environments helped preser  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 3 -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce that the firm has been ranked nationally in numerous rankings for diversity. The firm was named among many AmLaw 100 and 200 firms among Vault's 2025 rankings for Diversity in Law Firms, based on input from the firm's Associates: #26 in Overall Diversity #16 in Quality of Life (Associate/Partner relations)* #17 in Diversity for those with Disabilit  more

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, July 3 -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: Nicholls State University announces the retirement of Dr. Sue Westbrook from her role as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, effective June 30, 2024. After over 50 years of dedicated service to the university, Dr. Westbrook has decided to step down and begin her well-earned retirement. With Dr. Westbrook's departure, Nicholls State University is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. T  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 4 -- The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center issued the following news: Readers of New Orleans CityBusiness, a weekly business newspaper, have named the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center as a winner in the Best Event & Meeting Facility category in the 2024 Reader Ranking Awards. Now in their eighth year, the awards provide a look at the companies and services that CityBusiness readers rate highly across a wide variety of categories. This is t  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 2 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: Holland & Knight has bolstered its Public Policy & Regulation Group with the addition of Ronnie Johnson as a partner in Dallas. Mr. Johnson previously practiced at McGlinchey Stafford. Prior to joining McGlinchey, Mr. Johnson spent a decade at the Louisiana Department of Insurance and was the Deputy Commissioner for the Office of Property and Casualty when he left. Mr. Johnson advises clients nationwid  more

HAMMOND, Louisiana, July 3 (TNSres) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Southeastern Louisiana University Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice Joshua McDermott has been selected to receive a Fulbright U.S. Scholar fellowship. He will conduct research and teach in the Sociology Department at Njala University in Bo, Sierra Leone, the country's third largest city and largest city in the South of the country. According to Fulbright Director of A  more