Changing hands: Mills Place Apartments, near Scotlandville, was sold for $1.48 million, according to sales documents. The 44-unit complex, renovated in 2017, was sold to Mills Place LLC from CK Enterprises of Louisiana LLC. Both companies managers are listed as Darlington Idusuyi and Kristi Idusuyi, who were unable to be reached for more information before this morning’s deadline.
Awards: For the seventh time, LSU has been named a recipient of Higher Education Excellence in Diversity, or HEED, Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest diversity-focused publication in higher education. As a 2019 recipient of the annual HEED Award, LSU will be featured, along with 92 other recipients, in the November 2019 issue of INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. Read the full announcement.
Walkouts: The strike against General Motors by 49,000 United Auto Workers entered its second week this morning with progress reported in negotiations but no clear end in sight. Bargainers met all weekend and returned to talks this morning as the strike entered its eighth day. They’re haggling about wages and profit-sharing, new products for factories that GM wants to close, a faster route to full wages for new hires, and use of temporary workers. Read the full update.
