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Residents in certain parishes in Louisiana will soon be able to apply for a state grant program that provides money to homeowners to upgrade their roofs.

MakeMyMove.com says that the great city of Ruston will pay you to move there, but you have to meet some requirements.

The university also issued a statement defending the professor who will facilitate the program.

Governor John Bel Edwards has signed the Republican-crafted plan yesterday to spend $300 million in federal coronavirus aid to help small businesses recover from the outbreak.

A study from the 80s indicated Louisiana could be sitting on nearly seven billion barrels of crude oil

Louisiana's education department is getting a nearly $67 million grant to strengthen teacher training in rural school systems.

GEAR UP is a program of the US Dept. of Education designed to prepare low-income students to succeed in post-secondary education.

The St. Landry Parish grant write says the funding helps their department to reach their mission of keeping both the community and deputies safe.

LSU is one of only a few universities in the country to establish an IMSD program.

PLTW is a non-profit organization focused on the enhancement of STEM educational programs.

HOUMA, La. (AP) — Residents of Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes have launched a new nonprofit foundation designed to attract and manage donations for education, coastal, and health and human service projects in the region. Charlotte Bollinger, one of the founding members of the new Bayou Community Foundation, tells The Courier that the new nonprofit will be able to attract resources needed to imp

DEQUINCY, La. (AP) — Grant money allotted to help municipalities recover from recent hurricanes has been used to buy a new fire truck. DeQuincy City Planner Mary Jo Bayles says the $267,100 used to purchase the truck came from $14.8 million given to Calcasieu Parish by the state Office of Community Development...

Kathy Richard says workers in the cultural industry help to bring large sums of tourist dollars to Louisiana.

HOUMA, La. (AP) — A grant from the Handicap Accessibility Program will help low-income Terrebonne Parish residents with disabilities to improve their home's handicap accessibility. The $25,000 grant comes from the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation...

The Louisiana Housing Finance Agency handed out grant money this week.

The focus is on improving the downtown area of the city.

Firefighters in Lafayette will soon have a new tool to protect themselves and others. The Lafayette Fire Department has just received a more than $22,000 grant to purchase seven pulse oximeters, devices used to screen for carbon monoxide exposure...

Emergency personnel in Vermillion Parish will soon have new communications equipment thanks to a federal grant. The 73-point-5 thousand dollar grant from FEMA was approved by the Vermillion Parish Police Jury.

$1.7-million is going towards the effort to cut down on underage smoking.

A new grant was issued for the Lafayette Regional Airport. The 5.5 million dollar grant was announced by Charles Boustany to help the Runway Safety Area. The airport will use the funds to install the FAA approved engineered material arrested system...