Gov. John Bel Edwards and Lotte Chemical USA announced Thursday its headquarters will …
March 10, 2017
‘Help, not punishment’: John Legend lends his support to local advocates for criminal justice reform
Katy Reckdahl, Special to The Advocate
Originally posted on The Advocate
Since Derrick Perique, 32, got out of prison, he’s been on a mission to help others see more clearly. On Saturday, though, he could have been forgiven if he had stars in his eyes.
Perique graduated with a degree in optician work from a small re-entry …
March 10, 2017
Entergy Gift Beginning of Richland Parish Industrial Revolution
Scott Franklin, Chairman of the Richland Parish Chamber of Commerce
Originally posted on Richland Today
At the end of 2016, Entergy of Louisiana made an extremely generous gift of $1 million to various organizations with the purpose of improving the workforce of Louisiana.
Specifically $500,000 will go toward Northeast Louisiana, and $250,000 of that gift will be directed to Richland Parish. …
February 23, 2017
Entergy proudly supports Louisiana’s Jobs for America’s Graduates
At Entergy, we believe we can only be as successful as the community we serve. In this short clip, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards compliments our Chairman and CEO Leo Denault on his involvement with Louisiana’s Jobs for America’s Graduates. We’re proud to support this non-profit organization dedicated to preventing …
February 14, 2017
Museum of Discovery to Expand Girls in STEM Program
Lydia McAllister
Originally posted on Arkansas Business
The Museum of Discovery said last week that its Girls in STEM program will serve more girls in 2017 and expand to Jonesboro and Pine Bluff thanks to grants from Wal-Mart, Best Buy and the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas.
Grants and private donations totaling more than …
February 14, 2017
Quality Pre-K Important for Workforce, Military
Hugh McDonald and Maj. Gen. William D. Wofford
Originally posted on Arkansas Business
In Arkansas, a study of the Arkansas Better Chance public pre-K program found meaningful impacts on children’s early language, pre-literacy and pre-math skills. Compared with students outside the program, the at-risk 4-year-olds participating in ABC were four months ahead in vocabulary, had a 37 percent …
February 14, 2017
New Orleans area business leaders targeting advanced manufacturing opportunities
Richard Thompson, The New Orleans Advocate
Originally posted on The New Orleans Advocate
Regional business leaders are setting their sights in the year ahead on developing and growing local opportunities in advanced manufacturing, an industry that could employ skilled and well-paid workers.
That was the takeaway Monday from Greater New Orleans Inc.’s annual meeting at the Hyatt Regency …
January 20, 2017
How Large Project Services Helps Maximize a Customer’s Competitive Advantage and Profits
Bryan Hebert, Senior Manager, Project & Technical Services
If you’ve ever been responsible for initiating and constructing a new or expanding industrial facility, you probably experienced one or more of these issues in working with your utility: slow response time, generic service solutions, costly infrastructure build-out and impersonal customer service.
This is what happens when estimating and planning teams …