Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
Cruise ships along the Mississippi will soon be rolling in tourists to the river parishes
An agreement with American Cruise Lines will soon bring tourists via the Mississippi River to Vacherie. Cruises that run from New Orleans to Memphis and the Crescent City to Baton Rouge will make a st...
Jul 27, 2022 Band watches as an American Cruise Line ship passes in the River Parishes. Photo by Jay Robichaux.
Louisiana's June unemployment rate sets record and number employed also an all-time high
Louisiana has more people working than ever, but thousands of jobs are vacant. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in June was a record low 3.8 percen...
Jul 27, 2022
Ramos named director of Louisiana Cancer Research Center
Renowned cancer researcher Dr. Joe W. Ramos has been named director of the Louisiana Cancer Research Center in New Orleans. Ramos who is currently the interim director of the University of Hawaii Canc...
Jul 27, 2022 Joe W. Ramos, PhD named Director of the Louisiana Cancer Research Center
Tulane researcher: COVID came from the Wuhan Market
A researcher at Tulane University says a new study pinpoints the Wuhan Market as the origin of COVID-19. Tulane professor of microbiology & immunology Dr. Robert Garry says the conclusion came aft...
Jul 26, 2022 Fusion Medical Animation / Unsplash
Louisiana using $130 million from the American Rescue Plan to bring more affordable and accessible internet to more than 66,000 households
The governor's office announces its using 130-million dollars from the federal America Rescue Plan to bring more affordable and accessible internet to more than 66-thousand households and small busine...
Jul 26, 2022
Dems run NO ONE in two Congressional races. Why?
Qualifying for the fall federal midterm elections ended last week with no Democrat candidate in two congressional district races. Why? LSU political science professor Robert Hogan says District 4's Mi...
Jul 26, 2022
AAA: Nearly two-thirds of motorists have changed their driving habits due to prices at the pump
Motorists have been making significant changes in their driving habits to combat high gas prices, that's according to a Triple-A survey. Spokesperson Don Redman said almost two-thirds of drivers are c...
Jul 26, 2022 futureatlas.com / CC
State announces new digital literacy pilot program in addition to expanding broadband access
In addition to the $130 million Louisiana is receiving to expand broadband access in its first phase from the American Rescue Plan, the state is also piloting a program to improve the state's digital ...
Jul 25, 2022 Commissioner of Higher Education, Kim Hunter Reed
District 4 Congressman Mike Johnson UNOPPOSED. Wins fourth term in office
Louisiana District 4 Congressman Mike Johnson celebrates winning re-election unopposed and the next two years in office. Johnson qualified last week to run for re-election and, when qualifying was ove...
Jul 25, 2022
Lafayette Parish Mayor-President Josh Guillory voluntarily checks himself into a rehab facility for alcohol addiction or PTSD
Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory announces that he has voluntarily checked himself into an in-patient rehabilitation facility for 21 days. Guillory says he never drank before or during working ...
Jul 25, 2022
