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April Updates from the Delta Regional Authority: New Funding and Leadership to Benefit Local Communities
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) has announced updates for April, including $49.2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Labor. This funding, part of the Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC) Initiative, supports career training in the lower Mississippi Delta, Appalachian, and Northern Border regions. This is the sixth round of funding, in collaboration with the Delta Regional Authority, Appalachian Regional Commission, and the Northern Border Regional Commission. Applications are due by June 20, 2024.
Local Achievement: St. James Parish's MACE Center Earns Exemplary Status from State Education Department
St. James Parish Schools' MACE center has been designated as Exemplary by the Louisiana Department of Education at the close of the 2023-2024 school year. This status reflects the center's commitment and the team effort of its staff.
Terrebonne school board supports state's anti LGBTQ lawsuit
The Terrebonne Parish School Board announced its support of Louisiana's lawsuit against the Department of Education's ruling that schools cannot discriminate against sexual orientation or gender identity. Schools could be violating new anti-discrimination rules, jeopardizing millions in federal dollars. The board unanimously voted May 7 to pass a proclamation supporting Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill's civil lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education expanding the scope of sexual discrimination to include pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity....
Ida Shelters program is over, but people are not being evicted yet, officials say
The Ida Shelter program ended, but residents remain in campers as state and parish governments work out how to close the program. The state-funded Ida Shelters program provided Hurricane Ida survivors campers after their homes were destroyed or made uninhabitable by the storm. These campers are separate from the FEMA trailers provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Ida Shelter's programs official last day was April 30, but Jacques Thibodeaux, the director of the Governor's Office...
Under overhaul in Houma, a former Navy destroyer holds a hallowed history
The following information has been culled from U.S. government archives and records from the U.S.S. Kidd Veterans Museum.The retired Navy destroyer that will call Houma its home for the next year while undergoing renovations is heavy with the history of its service during two wars and is a living testament to the men who lived and died on board during its 20 years of protecting the nation. “Kidd served with great distinction in the South Pacific during...
Historic retired World War II Navy ship arrives in Houma for overhaul
At the Dulac-Pontoon Bridge about 30 well-wishers were gathered as the U.S.S. Kidd sliced northward, headed for a year-long overhaul in Houma, when an unexpected admirer provided the retired warship with its own greeting. A bald eagle landed on a nearby utility pole, greeted the approaching vessel with two shrieks, then began its...
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