Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
Lt. Gov celebrates tourism impact of LSU/Clemson
The LSU/Clemson showdown in the Dome Monday night for the CFP National Championship is expected to bring a lot of money and attention to New Orleans and the state at large. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesse...
Jan 10, 2020 Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser
Hotel and conference center pitch for state park not popular among Mandeville area locals
A pitch to construct a hotel and conference center in Fontainebleau State Park in the Mandeville area sees heavy opposition at a meeting organized by Mandeville's mayor. Rumors that had circulated abo...
Jan 09, 2020 Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau / CC
Dental school requested in Shreveport/Bossier
Bossier City Senator Barrow Peacock is pushing to have a dental school built in the Shreveport/Bossier area, as the only school currently in the state is in New Orleans. Peacock says to start, Louisia...
Jan 09, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Louisiana Association of Educators teacher union happy with superintendent resignation
President of the Louisiana Association of Educators Dr. Tia Mills says the recent resignation of the state's education superintendent John White is a welcomed change. Mills says many educators were no...
Jan 09, 2020
LSU's Joe Alleva tells the Advocate he was not interested in hiring Jimbo Fisher, regrets hiring Will Wade
Former LSU athletics director Joe Alleva spoke candidly to Advocate columnist Scott Rabalais about moves made during his tenure. Alleva hired Ed Orgeron as head football coach in 2016. But in 2015 the...
Jan 09, 2020
President Donald Trump officially on Louisiana's April 4, 2020 primary ballot
President Donald Trump officially qualifies to appear on the ballot for the April 4th presidential primary in Louisiana. Attorney General Jeff Landry filed the paperwork on behalf of the President at ...
Jan 09, 2020
Net 28,000 college educated Louisianans left from 2007-2017
A study shows a net 28,000 college-educated Louisianans migrated out of the state between 2007 and 2017, with a net 38,000 aged 25-54 leaving for greener pastures. UL-Lafayette Professor of Economics ...
Jan 09, 2020
Cancer death rate sees the biggest one-year decline in national cancer statistics dating back to 1930
The US cancer death rate sees the biggest one-year decline in national cancer statistics dating back to 1930. That's according to an American Cancer Society report. Between 2016 and 2017, cancer death...
Jan 09, 2020 sergio santos / CC
LA Republicans back Trump's decision not to retaliate against Iran
Louisiana's Republican Congressional Delegation is supporting the President's decision not to strike Iran after the country fired rockets at two Iraqi bases that house U.S. troops following the assass...
Jan 09, 2020 Sen John Kennedy (R)
Louisiana Education Superintendent John White submits resignation
State Superintendent of Education John White announces he is stepping down from the post he's held since 2012. Council for a Better Louisiana President Barry Erwin says John White pushed for and overs...
Jan 08, 2020
