New computing degree debuts
In order to meet workforce demands, Southeastern Louisiana University will offer a new undergraduate computing degree in information technology beginning in the fall 2013 semester.
DATE: June 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: LaNEXT
News roundup: B.R. firm among 2013 Lantern Award winners … LSU, Southern boards must list scholarship awards … DEQ gets $500K from Temple Inland for 2011 spill
Manufacturing success: Baton Rouge-based Moran Printing Inc. is one of eight Louisiana companies being honored with a 2013 Lantern Award for manufacturing excellence and community service. LED honored all of the award winners at a...
DATE: June 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
IBM remains coy about layoffs
IBM has begun laying off thousands of employees at facilities throughout the United States and Canada, according to multiple media reports, though the company has thus far refused to comment on specifics. The move comes shortly after the company...
DATE: June 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Environmental leader laments 3 recent industrial accidents
Two fatal explosions at Ascension Parish chemical plants last week, and a ruptured natural gas pipeline in Washington Parish this week, ought to be a "wake-up call," says Marylee Orr, who directs the Louisiana Environmental Action Network. "To have...
DATE: June 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Seafood board oversight shifted to lieutenant governor
Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne is asking the Louisiana seafood promotion board to draw up a strategic plan and says he'll seek an audit of its finances as he assumes oversight of its operations. Lawmakers shifted the new responsibility to the lieutenant...
DATE: June 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
State superintendent to talk diploma simplification in B.R.
State Superintendent of Education John White wants to simplify and improve the three types of high school diplomas Louisiana currently awards, and he'll discuss plans to do so in Baton Rouge on Thursday morning. Parents, students, educators and...
DATE: June 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Louisiana Behavioral Health Partnership becoming model for other states, program manager says
Louisiana's 16-month-old behavioral health care system overhaul is drawing the attention of other states. So says the leader of Magellan Behavioral Health in Louisiana, the statewide management organization that has been tasked with overseeing the...
DATE: June 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Study says La. quality of life improving
Improvements in life expectancy, general health and education over a 10-year period through 2010 helped Louisiana improve its ranking on The Measure of America state rankings released today by the Social Science Research Council. Louisiana is ranked...
DATE: June 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Southern GOP leaders set sights on Landrieu's Senate seat
Republican leaders from Louisiana and nine other Southern states are meeting in Alabama to plan strategies for making new GOP inroads across the region. A statement released by Alabama Republican Chairman Bill Armistead says discussions will include...
DATE: June 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
La. among 13 states where police not using facial-recognition system
The faces of more than 120 million people are in searchable photo databases that officials in dozens of states have assembled to prevent driver's-license fraud but that increasingly are used by police to identify suspects, accomplices and even...
DATE: June 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
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