DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 24, 2024, entitled "Louisiana Job Openings and Labor Turnover - August 2024": * * * Louisiana had 111,000 job openings in August 2024, compared to 118,000 openings in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the job opening  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report entitled "Women's Earnings in Louisiana - 2023": * * * In 2023, Louisiana women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $833, significantly below the $1,130 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regio  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: BATON ROUGE, La. -The Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) serving Louisiana survivors of Hurricane Francine in Convent will close 5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 24. The center (St. James Parish) is located at Convent Community Center, 5775 Hwy 44, Convent, LA 70723. Additional locations in Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, Jefferson, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary and Terr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: BATON ROUGE, La. -Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) serving Louisiana survivors of Hurricane Francine in Gonzales and Napoleonville will close at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25. The Gonzales center (Ascension Parish) is located at Lamar Dixon Expo Center, 9039 St. Landry Road, Gonzales, LA 70737.The Napoleonville center (Assumption Parish) is located at Assumption High   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: BATON ROUGE, La. -Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) serving Louisiana survivors of Hurricane Francine in Gonzales and Edgard will close Saturday, Oct. 26. The Kenner center (Jefferson Parish), located at Martin Luther King Community Resource Center, 1042 31st St., Kenner, LA 70065, will close at 5 p.m.The Edgard center (St. John the Baptist Parish), located at W  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: DALLAS, TEXAS (October 21, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Gulf of Mexico Division is awarding the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ) the Louisiana Gulf Coast Grantmaking Project (LGCGP) and $2.4 million. The Louisiana Gulf Coast Grantmakers Project (LGCGP) is designed to build the capacity of environmental justice communities in coastal Louisiana parishes to respond  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: DALLAS, TEXAS (October 21, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing Louisiana Clean Fuels, Inc will receive a total of $1,815,256 under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants Program. The grant to Louisiana Clean Fuels, Inc. will incentivize and accelerate the upgrade or retirement of older diesel engines to cleaner and zero-emission solutions, leading to   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HOUSTON U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston, with assistance from ERO Honduras and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement in Honduras, removed Fredy Rufino Aguilar-Hernandez, a 38-year-old unlawfully present Honduran national, from the United States Oct. 25. Aguilar-Hernandez is wanted in Honduras for m  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By Jean Graves FORT JOHNSON, La. -- Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital proudly recognizes the achievements of Spc. Andrew Wesbrock, an occupational therapy specialist at the Joint Readiness Training Readiness and Fort Johnson, Louisiana who recently earned civilian credentials through the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy. Wesbrock, a self-proclaimed Army brat, enlisted in the infantry rig  more