http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_Public_PressRelease.cfm Latest Press Release Content Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:00:01 Morgan City: Governor Bobby Jindal joined Morgan City Mayor Tim Matte and InterMoor President Tom Fulton to announce InterMoor Inc. will expand its o.... 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 Krist.... 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: 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: 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 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 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: 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: 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 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 Baton Rouge: A day after Fitch Ratings upgraded Louisiana's bond rating, Standard And Poor's Ratings Services (SAndP) today assigned a "AA-" rating .... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2241&Rec_ID=0 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: For the second straight year, Fitch Ratings has upgraded Louisiana's bond rating and maintained a "stable" rating outlook for the state.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2239&Rec_ID=0 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: The U.S. Air Force awarded a $3.8 billion contract for KC-10 Contractor Logistics Service to Northrop Grumman, an award that could cr.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2237&Rec_ID=0 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: The Louisiana Recovery Authority and the state Office of Community Development are accepting public comment on the third amendment to L.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2238&Rec_ID=0 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Minden: Governor Bobby Jindal joined Major General Bennett C. Landreneau, Adjutant General of the Louisiana National Guard, to break ground on Pha.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2235&Rec_ID=0 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: The Louisiana Department of Social Services (DSS) has been awarded more than $1.2 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Huma.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2236&Rec_ID=0 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Louisianians that are at high-risk for seasonal flu will be able to receive their seasonal flu shot beginning this week at parish healt.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2234&Rec_ID=0 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M. is supporting a national proposal to address the critical economic saturati.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2232&Rec_ID=0 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: On Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed rule that would apply to facilities that emit 25,000 tons o.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2233&Rec_ID=0 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Louisiana Economic Development recently selected 12 communities to complete an intensive six-month pilot program that will help prepa.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2230&Rec_ID=0 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: One of Louisiana's primary education initiatives is ensuring literacy for all students. A recently announced grant of more than $1 mill.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2231&Rec_ID=0 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Lafayette: Governor Bobby Jindal joined Department of Health and Hospitals' (DHH) Secretary Alan Levine to get their seasonal flu shots and launch.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2228&Rec_ID=0 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: The Department of Social Services (DSS) is hosting nine job fairs across the state in October to help move job-ready citizens with di.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2229&Rec_ID=0 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: The Louisiana Workforce Commission announced that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded the state a grant of $907,730 that will be.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2227&Rec_ID=0 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: In conjunction with the grand opening celebration for the Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana Department of Environmental .... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2226&Rec_ID=0 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PST Baton Rouge: Six of the eight metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) of Louisiana recorded employment gains from July to August, with New Orleans l.... http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaNews/PublicPages/Dsp_PressRelease_Display.cfm?PressReleaseID=2225&Rec_ID=0 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PST