In the classroom: The newly formed Young Entrepreneurs Academy of Baton Rouge announced its instructors for the 2018-2019 program this week. They are: Franz Lohrke and Sonja D. Wiley, LSU professors in the business college’s department of entrepreneurship; and Kevin Lyle, chief technology officer for health care software provider Naveon. Through the program, a select group of high school students will generate business ideas, write business plans, pitch to a panel of investors and launch their own companies.
No wind for the sails: A utility is dropping plans for what would have been the largest wind farm in the country, a day after regulators in Texas rejected the $4.5 billion project. American Electric Power announced Friday it’s cancelling plans for the 2,000-megawatt Wind Catcher farm, which would have spanned two counties in the Oklahoma panhandle and provided power to customers in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. The project already won approval from regulators in Arkansas and Louisiana. Read the full story.
Parks and rec: Unions representing nearly 10,000 workers at the Disneyland Resort ended a months-long labor dispute by voting Thursday in favor of a three-year contract that raises hourly wages by as much as 20% immediately and an additional 13% in January, NOLA.com reports. The employees,including candy makers, custodians, retail workers, attraction operators and others, voted by secret ballot throughout the day at Disneyland’s Lincoln Theater in favor of an offer that raises the minimum hourly rate of $11 to $13.25 immediately and to $15 starting in January. Read the full story.
