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NASA's Michoud plant in New Orleans East may have a bright future
WGNO NewsIf you thought the Michoud plant essentially closed down when the space shuttle program ended last year, guess again. Inside the sprawling facility, engineers are busily building America's next two space projects: the SLS rocket and the Orion spacecraft,...Tags: NASA, Science and Technology, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Orion Space Mission
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It's time for Louisiana to join the car manufacturing revolution in the south
The southern United States is home to several foreign car manufacturing facilities. In fact, during the last decade or so, southern states took advantage of the huge expansion of foreign car plants built on domestic soil and they are almost exclusively in... -
Avondale Workers Protest Shipyard's Closing
ABC26 NewsTheir message was crystal clear... spelled out on poster boards, printed on t-shirts, words workers here say are all about survival. Machine operator, Bruce Lightell says "This is important. this is about people jobs. It's about their livelihood."...Tags: Career and Workplace, Family, Cedric Richmond, Employees
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Jumping Fish Invade Louisiana
WGNO NewsYou can’t help but laugh watching the wild web videos of Asian carp leaping out of the water in states like Illinois and Indiana, but you may not realize this problem hits close to home. Invasive species expert Michael Massimmi from the Barataria-...Tags: Nature, Illinois, Invasive Species, Rivers, Aquaculture
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La. company seeks to block plant project's permits
A Louisiana grain exporter wants a federal judge to temporarily block the state from issuing permits for a North Carolina steelmaker to build a $2 billion plant on a neighboring land. During a hearing Thursday, U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance didn't...Tags: Court Preliminary, Environmental Pollution, Crime, Law and Justice, North Carolina, Environmental Issues
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Louisiana-Based Companies Growing
ABC26 NewsDespite the complexities of the nation's worst economic downturn in decades, some Louisiana-based companies are showing surprising growth. The state recently has seen its count of homegrown Fortune 500 companies sprout to three: power provider Entergy...Tags: Business Enterprises, Bobby Jindal, Business, Economy, Business and Finance, Technology
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Company Changes Plans For St. Tammany Sewerage Plant
ABC26 NewsA company that wants to build a natural sewage-treatment plant in Hickory in St. Tammany Parish has abandoned its plans. St. Tammany's Zoning Commission denied a request last month from Bioregen Systems LLC for a zoning change to accommodate the plant....Tags: Land Resources, Wetlands, Natural Resources, Companies and Corporations
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French Chemical Company Plans Louisiana Project
Staff reporterA specialty chemicals manufacturer based in France will build a $362 million plant in the chemical belt of Iberville Parish to make polymers, including some that can be used in oil wells to produce more petroleum, company and state officials said Friday....Tags: Bobby Jindal, State Budgets, Education, Louisiana State University, San Diego (San Diego, California)
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Analysis: No sure things in economic development
Staff reporterThe past few weeks in Louisiana have demonstrated there are certain things economic developers armed with the taxpayers' checkbook can accomplish, and others they can do little about, especially during the current recession. And in this era, risk and...Tags: General Motors Corp., Economic Policy, Bobby Jindal, New Orleans, Government
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Startup Auto Company Given Positive Marks
Staff reporterA startup automobile company planning to build an all-new vehicle in Louisiana has a strong management team with experience in automotives and appears to have an affordable product with fuel economy above some current competitors, according to an...Tags: Car Guides and Reviews, Startups, Passenger Cars, Oracle Corp., San Diego (San Diego, California)
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Possible Nucor plant slowed by recession
NEW ORLEANS (AP) The head of steelmaker Nucor says the company is buying land for a possible pig iron plant in southeast Louisiana - but the time frame for deciding whether the plant will be built has been slowed by the recession. The North...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Nucor Corporation
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La. lawmaker: Autos to be built in Monroe
A startup company plans to assemble automobiles at a Monroe plant, creating up to 1,500 jobs, a Louisiana lawmaker said Monday.
Rep. Jim Fannin, D-Jonesboro, said a formal announcement could come Wednesday from Gov. Bobby Jindal. He would not identify...Tags: Economic Policy, Bobby Jindal, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Vehicles
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