NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 26 -- Entergy issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2024: Entergy's board of directors today declared a quarterly dividend payment of $1.20 per share, an increase of $0.07 per share, on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable Dec. 2, 2024, to shareholders of record as of Nov. 13, 2024. Entergy has paid shareholders a cash dividend on its common stock continuously since 1988. * * * About Entergy Entergy (NYSE: ETR) is a Fortune 500 company tha  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 23 -- Entergy issued the following news release: * * * The grant will support projects aimed to reduce outage durations, lessen storm costs and speed up recovery time following extreme weather events in Port Arthur, Texas * * * THE WOODLANDS, Texas - Entergy Texas has been awarded nearly $54 million in federal funding to improve power grid resilience in Port Arthur's Pear Ridge, Kolbs, and Lakeview neighborhoods. This funding will go toward a resiliency project a  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 25 -- Entergy issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2024: Entergy will report its third-quarter 2024 financial results before the market opens Thursday, Oct. 31. Drew Marsh, chair and chief executive officer, Kimberly Fontan, executive vice president and chief financial officer, and company leaders invite you to listen to a live webcast discussion of Entergy's financial results at 10 a.m. Central time that day. The webcast may be accessed by visiting Enterg  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 25 -- Entergy New Orleans LLC issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2024: Entergy New Orleans 'Accelerated Resilience Plan' to harden the grid across the City received approval today in a full vote of the New Orleans City Council. Today's vote is the first step in a wholesale upgrade of the City's electric infrastructure, intended to keep the lights on longer when a storm strikes, and restore power more quickly if service is disrupted. "The impact of strong  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 23 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on Oct. 22, 2024: Ahead of the big Taylor Swift 'The Eras Tour' concert weekend in New Orleans, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has some tips for concert-goers to avoid scams. "There's going to be hundreds of thousands of people in New Orleans this weekend to attend Taylor Swift's 'The Eras Tour' in the Superdome. With some people looking for last-minute tickets, I want everyone to be vig  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 24 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on Oct. 23, 2024: * * * Louisiana v. Mayorkas * * * In an emergency situation for the State of Louisiana - following the illegal entry into the United States by a Chinese national, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) transported this individual (Patient 0) throughout facilities in Louisiana. Patient 0, who has a rare, aggressive, and drug-resistant form of tuberculosis, which carrie  more

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Oct. 23 -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: Nicholls State University will partner with former U.S. Rep. Billy Tauzin and business leader Donald "Boysie" Bollinger to host the Bollinger-Tauzin Business & Political Leadership Institute from 5-6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in the Mary and Al Danos Theater. This is a free leadership session open to business, community and student leaders throughout the Nicholls community. The event's keyno  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Most New Orleans area startups see artificial intelligence and machine learning as likely game-changers for their industries, but they're not all sure if that's a good thing. Approximately 37 percent of area startups cited the technologies, more than any other technology, as likely having the biggest long-term impact on their businesses, but nearly a third surveyed see them as both their biggest th  more