NASHVILLE – Louisiana Economic Development won two awards at the 2021 IEDC Annual Conference in Nashville. The state agency's Small Business Services team earned a Gold Award in Entrepreneurship and LED FastStart earned a…
HOUMA – Cardiovascular Institute of the South has named Ryan Hebert chief operating officer following the retirement of Joey Fontenot, who has served in the role since 2001. Hebert has been with CIS since 2014, previously serving as the executive…
NEW ORLEANS — The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana has hired Paula M. Belanger to be director of the HCCL Foundation. In her new role, Belanger will be responsible for consolidating the principles of the foundation within the community…
NEW ORLEANS — The Bureau of Governmental Research has announced that Amy Glovinsky will step down from her position as BGR’s president and CEO at the end of the year. Glovinsky, who has served…
NEW ORLEANS — ACG Louisiana (the Louisiana Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth) has announced the award winners for the 13th Annual ACG Louisiana Awards, which recognize growth companies, business professionals and noteworthy transactions throughout Louisiana. The winners will…
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana-based tech company Waitr announced a new partnership with LSU football star Derek Stingley Jr. to promote its food delivery app. Under the deal, Stingley will get his own delivery code that customers can use to get…
NEW ORLEANS - Windsor Court Hotel has hired Andrée Bahan to fill the role of director of finance. With nearly two decades of experience in accounting and finance, Bahan most recently served as director of finance and accounting for Marriott…
NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is known for damming rivers and building levees to keep waterways at bay. But a new initiative seeks natural flood control solutions as climate change brings increasingly frequent and severe weather…
NEW ORLEANS  — From LCMC Health: New Orleans East Hospital has received two American Heart Association Achievement Awards for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines. Stroke is the fifth…
BATON ROUGE – Gov. John Bel Edwards announced a new Hurricane Ida sheltering program Monday that will provide temporary housing and travel trailers for Louisiana residents in storm ravaged areas. Hurricane Ida made landfall Aug. 29, but many residents have…
NEW ORLEANS — The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Economy announced it will host a Carousel of Culture event on Oct. 16 - 17 in City Park at the Goldring/Woldenberg Great Lawn and Tricentennial Area. The cultural event will feature approximately…
BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edwards and Premier Health Consultants CEO Steve Sellars announced that the company will expand its Baton Rouge headquarters, according to a press release from Louisiana Economic Development. Premier Health will make a $1.5 million…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — For the fourth year in a row, Hancock Whitney, in partnership with the Greater New Orleans Foundation, is offering competitive grant opportunities to help nonprofits broaden community development efforts across the five Gulf Coast states…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — More than 1,000 investors will convene in New Orleans for the 47th Annual New Orleans Investment Conference Tuesday, Oct. 19 through Friday, Oct. 22 at the Hilton New Orleans…
BATON ROUGE - Violent crime — a broad category of offenses that includes rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and homicide — is on the rise in the United States. According to FBI data, there were a total of 1.3 million violent…
BATON ROUGE (press release) - Our Lady of the Lake announced the establishment of the Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Institute and plans to break ground in 2022 on a new state-of-the-art cancer center that will be a destination…
NEW YORK - A new study from SmartAsset ranks the most affordable places to live in Louisiana. The seventh annual study weighed several factors, including taxes, homeowners’ insurance, and home costs relative to the local median income. Places where home ownership…
METAIRIE — The Jefferson Chamber will host a "business and breakfast event" on Friday, Oct. 15 at the Marriott Metairie at Lakeway. More details from the chamber: Business and Breakfast is a targeted networking and contact-building event designed to give…
NEW ORLEANS – Top Taco will return for its fourth year on Thursday, Oct. 28 at at Lafreniere Park in Metairie. The rescheduled event will have a "Back from the Dead" theme and costume contest. "Hurricane Ida was obviously a…
COVINGTON — Lakeview Regional Medical Center has hired LaTonya Knox to fill the role of patient access manager. Lakeview Regional Medical Center, a campus of Tulane Medical Center, is a community hospital and emergency room serving Louisiana’s Northshore region. Since…
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has expanded a COVID-19 vaccination incentive program, offering $100 to every vaccine-eligible resident in the state. The Shot for 100 giveaway began as a $7.5 million program aimed at vaccinating 75,000 Louisiana…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal agency is proposing a $150,000 fine against Entergy Operations Inc. for three violations at its nuclear power plant in Louisiana. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced the fine Friday regarding Entergy's River Bend Nuclear facility…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A mass for judges, lawyers and others in legal professions will be celebrated Monday morning at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. The Red Mass is among many around the state and country, usually sometime in…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Louisiana homeowners, many of them still digging out of Hurricane Ida's destruction, will soon see rising flood insurance bills. But the federal government is providing few details about how much its recalculation…
NEW ORLEANS — Here are the week’s top business stories: This week, Saints owner Gayle Benson has revealed her succession plan for the NFL’s Saints and NBA’s Pelicans. The plan calls for the sale of the team to a buyer…
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana Economic Development said it has launched the Diversity in Entrepreneurship Initiative to accelerate growth in second-stage minority- and women-owned businesses. LED’s Small Business Services team is working in partnership with the Michigan-based Edward Lowe Foundation to…
NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans-based public relations firm Gambel Communications has announced the promotion of Kendra Smith-Parks to communications strategist and Carlisle Rieveschl to communications coordinator, both effective immediately. Smith-Parks joined Gambel Communications in…
NEW ORLEANS — Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced that Jabarie Walker, formerly the director of federal relations in the Mayor’s Office of Intergovernmental Relations, will assume the role of deputy chief of staff effective immediately. Walker will report to the newly-appointed…
NEW ORLEANS – From the United Way of Southeast Louisiana: On the one-month anniversary of Hurricane Ida's landfall, United Way of Southeast Louisiana announced Wednesday a $1-million investment in local rebuilding efforts via long-term recovery groups serving Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines,…
METAIRIE — From the Jefferson Chamber: Join our webinar at 3 p.m. on Oct. 6 with the U.S. Small Business Administration's Public Information Officer. Click here to register. SBA…
