Girl Scout of Louisiana – Pines to the Gulf OpenNominations for 2025 Women of DistinctionLOUISIANA –The Girl Scouts of Louisiana-Pines to the Gulf (GSLPG) is proud to announcethat nominations are now open for the 2025Women of Distinction awards. This prestigiousrecognition honors exceptional women whoexemplify courage, confidence, and character corevalues of the Girl Scout mission and who serve asinspiring role models …

Many rural Louisianans who were promisedaccess to fiber internet may be out of luck.Recent changes to the federal Broadband EquityAccess and Deployment program, originally set togrant Louisiana $1.3 billion for fiber expansion,will reverse the Biden administration’s fiberfirstapproach, and with it, the fiber expansion asplanned in rural Louisiana.Louisiana was set to start dispersing the grantfunds this year through the GUMBO 2.0 …

MONROE, Louisiana (June 16, 2025) – A newly released economicimpact study commissioned by Grow NELA shows just howtransformative Meta’s $10 billion artificial intelligence data centerproject in Richland Parish will be for Northeast Louisiana. The report,prepared by Ginovus, an independent and globally recognizedeconomic development consultancy, outlines powerful, quantifiablegains to jobs, wages, and tax revenues, underscoring the scaleof growth now underway across …