http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_Public_PressRelease.cfm Latest Press Release Content Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:00:00 Monroe: Today, Governor Bobby Jindal and CenturyLink CEO and President Glen Post announced an agreement that will maintain CenturyLink’s corporate .... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2297&Rec_ID=0 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Louisiana State Police announced a partnership in the investigation and enforce.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2296&Rec_ID=0 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: This Week's H1N1 Vaccination Campaign Highlights: Of the 654,200 doses of H1N1 vaccine the state has ordered, the CDC reports that 4.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2293&Rec_ID=0 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: The state Mineral and Energy Board on Thursday conducted its monthly lease sale in the LaBelle Room of the LaSalle Office Building in .... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2294&Rec_ID=0 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: The Louisiana Workforce Commission will notify by mail all claimants who are eligible for the latest extension of unemployment benefi.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2291&Rec_ID=0 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Pineville: Governor Bobby Jindal joined the Adjutant General of the Louisiana National Guard, Maj. Gen. Bennett C. Landreneau at a ceremony to wel.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2295&Rec_ID=0 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Governor Bobby Jindal and Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine applauded the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2290&Rec_ID=0 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) Secretary William D. Ankner, Ph.D., announced that the department has b.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2292&Rec_ID=0 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Following unanimous support from the Louisiana Recovery Authority Board of Directors, the state of Louisiana is forwarding its plan f.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2289&Rec_ID=0 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine and State Health Officer Jimmy Guidry, M.D., announced today that .... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2288&Rec_ID=0 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: The Department of Health and Hospitals updated the status of the state's Fight the Flu campaign. As the H1N1 vaccination campaign mov.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2283&Rec_ID=0 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality awarded $7,385,285 to four municipalities in northeast and central Louisiana. The m.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2284&Rec_ID=0 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Slidell: Governor Bobby Jindal applauded the grand opening of Northrop Grumman's new 20,000-square-foot facility in Slidell, La. The new facility .... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2285&Rec_ID=0 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Job seekers in the River Parishes will have several opportunities to assess their work skills, meet with potential employers and bett.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2286&Rec_ID=0 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: a New Iberia public school teacher, Stephanie Judice, learned in a surprise ceremony that she is the recipient of the prestigious Milke.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2287&Rec_ID=0 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Hurricane Ida continues to weaken as it moves across the Gulf of Mexico. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN GULF COAST FROM .... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2278&Rec_ID=0 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: With Tropical Storm Ida expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico later today, Department of Social Services Secretary (DSS) Kristy Nichols .... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2279&Rec_ID=0 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Governor Bobby Jindal issued the following executive proclamation declaring a state of emergency as a result of the forecasted condit.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2280&Rec_ID=0 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Governor Bobby Jindal held a press conference today, following a meeting of the State's Unified Command Group, which assembled to pre.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2282&Rec_ID=0 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Lafayette: Governor Bobby Jindal joined Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel, Pixel Magic Vice President and General Manager Ray Scalice, Pi.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2281&Rec_ID=0 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Morgan City: Governor Bobby Jindal joined Morgan City Mayor Tim Matte and InterMoor President Tom Fulton to announce InterMoor Inc. will expand its.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2277&Rec_ID=0 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Governor Bobby Jindal held a press conference yesterday to announce $303.7 million in collections for the 2009 Louisiana Tax Amnest.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2276&Rec_ID=0 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: As part of the child care licensing reform efforts announced in September, Louisiana Department of Social Services (DSS) Secretary Kri.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2275&Rec_ID=0 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals updated the status of the state's Fight the Flu campaign yesterday. As the H1N1 vacc.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2274&Rec_ID=0 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Governor Bobby Jindal joined Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) Director Mark Cooper, State P.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2273&Rec_ID=0 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Details were released on the State Memorial Service honoring former Governor Dave Treen, along with the Mandeville memorial service a.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2270&Rec_ID=0 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: The Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) announced a first-ever, aggressive fraud initiative designed to identify fraudulent prov.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2271&Rec_ID=0 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Btaon Rouge: Governor Bobby Jindal joined Orion Instruments General Manager Don Sanders, East Baton Rouge City/Parish Mayor Kip Holden, Baton Roug.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2272&Rec_ID=0 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Following severe weather in North and Southwest Louisiana, Governor Bobby Jindal has issued a statewide emergency declaration today t.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2269&Rec_ID=0 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: the Louisiana Department of Education officially released a draft plan for its federal Race to the Top application. The agency also a.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2265&Rec_ID=0 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Governor Bobby Jindal announced that a memorial service to honor former Governor Dave Treen will be held at the Louisiana State Capit.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2266&Rec_ID=0 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced that the Interstate 310 Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge will c.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2267&Rec_ID=0 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: This is the final week of the 2009 Louisiana Tax Amnesty Program. The program provides a window of opportunity to resolve overdue sta.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2262&Rec_ID=0 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: A unilateral proposal by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to depart from an agreed plan to manage oyster safety c.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2263&Rec_ID=0 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Louisiana's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate improved to 7.4 percent in September from the August rate of 7.8 percent, with the .... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2264&Rec_ID=0 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: The Department of Health and Hospitals updated the status of the state's Fight the Flu campaign. As the H1N1 vaccination campaign mov.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2261&Rec_ID=0 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST PIneville: Governor Bobby Jindal traveled to Pineville to meet with International Paper officials and local officials on the announced closure of .... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2258&Rec_ID=0 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Denham Springs: Governor Bobby Jindal joined Bercen Inc. President Jim Thorpe, Cranston Print Works CEO George Shuster and other company officials.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2259&Rec_ID=0 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Morgan City: The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) captured an orphaned black bear cub in Morgan City on Oct. 22 and will be t.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2260&Rec_ID=0 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: The Louisiana Recovery Authority's Board of Directors Wednesday approved a plan to reserve $5 million in federal recovery funding for v.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2257&Rec_ID=0 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Hackberry: Governor Bobby Jindal marked the grand opening of Cameron LNG, a liquefied natural gas terminal that creates 60 new jobs at an average .... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2256&Rec_ID=0 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: A partial sales and use tax exclusion is available for modular homes and other "factory-built" homes purchased or used in Louisiana. .... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2253&Rec_ID=0 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) considered bids totaling more than $115 million at its Sept. 30 pub.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2254&Rec_ID=0 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Commissioner of Administration Angele Davis, Treasurer John Kennedy, and state Sen. Mike Michot announced today that they have reache.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2255&Rec_ID=0 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: State Health Officer Jimmy Guidry, M.D., held a press briefing to update influenza activity in Louisiana as well as the state's H1N1 .... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2252&Rec_ID=0 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Representatives from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Louisiana Recovery Authority, the Office of Community .... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2251&Rec_ID=0 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: The festival that celebrates books, authors and everything else related to reading and writing is back for its seventh chapter. The 200.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2249&Rec_ID=0 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: At its monthly lease sale, the state Mineral Board collected more than $12.1 million in bonuses in the sale, bringing the total colle.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2250&Rec_ID=0 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST New Orleans: The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) released its report of the 2009 School Performance Scores (SPS), and the report shows th.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2247&Rec_ID=0 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: A definitive purchase agreement has been reached for the sale of Hummer from GM to the Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery C.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2248&Rec_ID=0 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST New Orleans: The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony in Lafayette Square to celebrate t.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2246&Rec_ID=0 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals confirmed that the first doses of the state's initial allotment of H1N1 vaccine, 26,.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2242&Rec_ID=0 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Houma: Governor Bobby Jindal announced the state is committing $2.7 million in Community and Development Block Grants (CDBG funding) for the purch.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2243&Rec_ID=0 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announces that the 2009 online auto and homeowners rate comparison guides are now available for.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2244&Rec_ID=0 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Initial claims for unemployment insurance for the week ending October 3, 2009, decreased to 4,498 from the previous week’s total of 4.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2245&Rec_ID=0 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST