Originally posted on Business Wire
Fifteen electric utilities were recognized as “Most Trusted Brands” among business customers.
These and other findings were part of the Utility Trusted Brand & Customer Engagement™: Business, a Cogent Reports™ study by Market Strategies International.
The study analyzed more than 50 consumption, environmental, service, digital and rate …
Originally posted on The Pine Bluff Commercial
Economic development professionals from around the world were in Little Rock recently for a meeting sponsored by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC).
IEDC’s Economic Future Forum, held Sunday through Tuesday, June 4-6, at the Statehouse Convention Center, was one of the first (if …
Originally posted on Louisiana Economic Development
WASHINGTON — Today, LED Secretary Don Pierson joined President Donald Trump and two-dozen other officials in a strategic Workforce of Tomorrow conference at the White House. Key topics of the event, which anchored the Trump administration’s Workforce Week, included eliminating the skills gap of …
Originally posted on The Vicksburg Post
Parents of Vicksburg Warren School District students will soon have the chance to participate in a workforce development course offered by the VWSD and based upon the Leader in Me curriculum and VWSD career academies.
Through a partnership with the Mississippi Department of Human Services …
NEW ORLEANS – Entergy New Orleans is one step closer to including up to 100 megawatts of renewable energy resources in the company’s generation mix.
Acting under the oversight of an independent monitor, the company has selected three proposals from its 2016 request for proposals for a total of approximately 45 …
Originally posted on Inside Higher Ed
The free community college programs picking up steam across the country generally allow students to study whatever they want. But a new free community college initiative in Arkansas is looking to push students into the areas where the state has work force needs. To some …
Originally posted on The Examiner
Entergy Texas announced a $600,000 workforce development initiative Monday, March 13 at Edison Plaza in Beaumont with several important dignitaries in attendance including Entergy Texas CEO Sallie Rainer and Texas Workforce Commissioner Representing Employees Ruth Hughs.
Several entities are involved in the initiative, including Texas …
Originally posted on American Press
WESTLAKE — Gov. John Bel Edwards flew to Southwest Louisiana on Thursday to be, in his words, the “bearer of good news.”
Before a group of industry leaders, Edwards announced that South Korea-based Lotte Chemical was moving its U.S. headquarters from Houston to the site of …
