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Target takes a hit: $12.4 billion wiped out

By Stacy Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) – Target Corporation’s stock plummeted by approximately $27.27 per share by the end of February, erasing about $12.4

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La. company building machines to extract hydrogen power from the air

By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Imagine powering military vehicles, industrial machines and buildings with a clean fuel extracted from the air using a

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20 million predatory loans drained over billion from consumers
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer New research from the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) finds that in just one year – 2022 – cash-strapped borrowers took out over 20 million predatory loans ...
Gov. Landry fails to remove civil service protections from 900 state jobs
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Gov. Jeff Landry has yet to explain or defend his recent attempt to revoke civil service classifications from 900 state job positions, a move some ...
Trump unplugs federal funding for La. EV charging stations
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — President Donald Trump has suspended all federal funding, including money for Louisiana projects, that he considers part of a wider “scam” to force people to ...
Seafood testing campaign ahead of Super Bowl raises awareness of foreign shrimp
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — A new round of genetic seafood testing conducted for a state advisory panel detected foreign shrimp that was falsely presented as domestic in a small ...
As attacks against DEI heighten, Costco and Apple prove inclusion remains good business
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Under President Donald Trump’s Project 2025, the administration has launched an unprecedented effort to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Federal agencies ...
Louisiana’s new seafood origin law could still shield foreign catch at restaurants, grocers
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — A new law requiring restaurants in Louisiana to tell their customers the specific country of origin of any seafood being served is causing some confusion ...
Sheriff, Port of South Louisiana face lawsuit over $4M tax waiver for failed grain terminal
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The Port of South Louisiana and St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Mike Tregre are facing a lawsuit that alleges they illegally forgave millions of ...
Biden order expands Trump’s offshore drilling ban from 2020
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — An energy industry researcher says, despite both praise and criticism of President Joe Biden’s executive order banning offshore drilling in huge swaths off much of ...

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