A cyber range is a dedicated computer …
September 25, 2017
Entergy’s New Site Selection Center is Open for Your Business
Site selection is one of the most critical decisions your business can make, and Entergy’s new, high-powered tool is up to the task. Our Site Selection Center, Buildings & Sites, is easy and intuitive to navigate. Among thousands of properties across Entergy’s four-state service area, your top matches are quickly …
July 11, 2017
Entergy Rated as One of Most Trusted Brands Among Business Customers
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 …
June 21, 2017
The Economic Development Side: Forum brings international developers to state
Rhonda Dishner, Economic Development Alliance
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 …
June 15, 2017
LED Secretary Don Pierson Participates In White House Workforce Summit
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 …
June 12, 2017
VWSD to offer job training for parents
Brandon O'Connor, The Vicksburg Post
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 …
May 24, 2017
Entergy New Orleans Selects Three Proposals from Renewables RFP
Charlotte J. Cavell, Entergy New Orleans, Inc.
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 …
May 10, 2017
Does Arkansas’ Free Community College Program Hold Promise?
Ashley A. Smith, Reporter, Inside Higher Ed
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 …