Championing fiber

Championing fiber

With the title of "Most Wired City in the World" under its belt, Lafayette added a little more fiber to its resume this spring by holding the first-annual FiberFête conference. The invitation-only event at the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise showcased the city’s municipally owned fiber-optic network.

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Agency briefed on oil spill

Agency briefed on oil spill

NEW ORLEANS [AP] — The head of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement will hold forums in Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana this month and get briefed on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and deepwater drilling.

LSU gets new CFO

BATON ROUGE [AP] — LSU System President John Lombardi names a state Board of Regents administration official as chief financial officer and comptroller for the LSU system.

Mayor cuts take-home cars

NEW ORLEANS [AP] — New Orleans is drastically slashing the number of city employees who have take-home cars furnished by taxpayers.

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Elliott Stonecipher

Viewpoint: Spill may muddle 2010 Census results

Corridor

State of suspension

State of suspension

The elimination of 20,000 to 30,000 jobs. Drilling rigs relocating to foreign countries for years, with entire industries following. Millions in lost state and local tax revenues that pay for public services, like law enforcement and utilities. Closed restaurants and stores. A stalled real estate market. And that’s only the beginning.

20 corridor Twitterers to follow

More businesses are using Twitter to connect with their customers. Are you in on the conversation?

How bad are our roads?

Worse than almost anywhere else, reports suggest, and it’s costing us time, money and opportunity.

Louisiana’s home grown fuel

Louisiana has the largest natural gas deposit in the country. So why aren’t we using it to power our cars and trucks?

Against the grain

A homegrown rice company and corridor farmers are ready to take on the imported variety that leads the market.

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Wheat is the hot commodity for Louisiana farmers

Thanks to rising prices, wheat is emerging as the hot crop on Louisiana farms this fall.

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Corner Office Dax S. Allen has joined the Lafayette Economic Development Authority as director of digital media. He will serve as the liaison between digital media businesses and LEDA, and develop and implement a business development strategy for digital media industries.
Sam Caruso Jr. “My hometown is very special to me. My father was mayor of this city for 17 years, and the first place I would recommend to anyone visiting Slidell is actually a combination of three places that are right next to each other, and that were part of the legacy he built in Slidell.
Faces to know Todd Hornbeck
Chairman, President & CEO, Hornbeck Offshore Services
He co-founded the company in June 1997 after having worked for the original Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc., from 1991 to 1996, serving in various positions relating to business strategy and development. Under his leadership, the firm expanded from a small private company to a large, global provider of technologically advanced offshore service vessels. He serves on the board of directors of both the National Ocean Industries Association and the Offshore Marine Service Association, and he is a member of the International Support Vessel Owners’ Association.

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