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Chronic absenteeism nears 1 in 4
By NOLAN MCKENDRY - The Center Square
Sat,09/27/25-12:00PM , 1,150 Reads
Nearly a quarter of Louisiana students missed 10% or more of school days last year, placing the state just below the national average for chronic absenteeism, according to a report by the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana.
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State approves $1.1B in emergency contracts
By NOLAN MCKENDRY - The Center Square
Thu,09/18/25-9:34PM , 404 Reads
The Louisiana Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget on Thursday approved more than $1.1 billion in emergency contracts for the state’s Office of Group Benefits, including new agreements with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, SilverScript Insurance Company, and Liviniti, to manage health and pharmacy ben
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Louisiana active with companies shopping for data center locations
By NOLAN MCKENDRY - The Center Square
Thu,09/18/25-11:00AM , 1,014 Reads
Louisiana Economic Development confirmed their office is seeing “extensive” interest from and are in correspondence with companies looking to locate data centers in the state.
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Burke: Markets, not policies, decide U.S. energy growth
By NOLAN MCKENDRY - The Center Square
Thu,09/11/25-8:41PM , 500 Reads
Jim Burke, an energy businessman speaking at the Tulane Future Energy Forum, says that one of the lessons learned from the Obama and Trump administrations is that markets matter more to the energy industry than policy.

Burke is the founder of Vista and a board member of the Nuclear Energy Institute.
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