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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Hahnville COVID-19 Testing Site Set to CloseHahnville, LA – St. Charles Parish Emergency Operations Center was notified that the last day to be tested for COVID-19 at the Hahnville High school testing site is tomorrow, Friday, May 29, 2020. The EOC has been working with the National Guard and Access Health since April 15 to operate the site and has conducted more than 2,100 ...read more

Hello Friends,  As we face this new normal, we at Louisiana FCU are here for you every step of the way.  Please see our latest updates below and a couple reminders too!  For complete information visit: https://www.louisianafcu.org/covid-19? or feel free to reach out directly to me or your company CU contact!  Effective June 8, branch lobbies will reopen by appointment only. We will ensure that ...read more

Tomorrow: Grow Louisiana Coalition to Host Facebook Live Panels   Thursday, May 28: Join us LIVE at 10:30 AM and 12:30 PM with special guests from the Louisiana State Legislature, industry experts and local business leaders from Lake Area Industry Alliance, Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch, Gulf Economic Survival Team and more, as we discuss the current state of the industry and actions needed to ...read more

St. John Parish COVID-19 Update  Thursday, May 21, 2020  St. John the Baptist Parish- St. John Parish has 838 cases of COVID-19 and 77 deaths to date. To view the latest data from the Louisiana Department of Health click here.     PHASE ONE REOPENING                                              Business and faith leaders can visit or register at OpenSafely.la.gov to receive ...read more

  ​ Pandemic-EBT Available for Students Receiving Free or Reduced-Price School Meals   Louisiana has been approved for the new Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program. This program will provide extra help buying groceries for the families of the more than 600,000 children who normally receive free and reduced-price meals at school.  Families will ...read more

President Hotard Creates Safety Task Force    St. John the Baptist Parish - Parish President Jaclyn Hotard announced today that she is implementing a safety task force to promote and maintain compliance with Governor John Bel Edward's Phase One Reopening Order and encourages all businesses to familiarize themselves with the order before Phase One reopening Friday, May ...read more

May 14, 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Mobile COVID-19 Testing in St. Charles ParishHahnville, LA – St. Charles Parish, in conjunction with Access Health Louisiana and the National Guard, will begin to deploy mobile COVID-19 test units to ensure all residents have access to testing. The first mobile site will be on Friday, May 15, 2020, at the Killona Community Center from 9 a.m.-11 a.m. Residents ...read more

St. John Parish COVID-19 Daily Update  Tuesday, May 5, 2020     St. John the Baptist Parish - St. John Parish has a total of 782 COVID-19   cases and 75 deaths to date. To view additional data from the Louisiana Department of Health, please click here.   DRIVE-THRU TESTING SITES You must remain in your vehicle, no appointment, physician referral or insurance is required.- Walmart in ...read more

St. John the Baptist Parish will be distributing free reusable/washable cloth face masks on the West Bank and in Pleasure Bend today, Thursday, April 30, 2020. The masks were donated by Hanes clothing company. Each car will be given one pack, containing five masks. The masks are washable and can be reused. St. John residents only, must show proof of residency.      

Press ReleaseFOR RELEASE – February 12, 2020Contact: Alexandra “Alex” Hernándezahernandez@portsl.com985-652-9278    If you are having trouble seeing this e-mail, go to https://bit.ly/2SonpOe     PORT OF SOUTH LOUISIANA AWARDED $13.4M FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION GRANTGrant is slated for improvements at the Port’s public facility, Globalplex Intermodal ...read more

We know that in Louisiana there is currently no consistent, stable state funding stream for early care and education, and that we are currently spending less than ½ of 1% of our state general funds on this.  By contrast, other states have used “sin taxes” such as lottery funds, tobacco settlement funds and tobacco taxes to specifically fund early care and education.      For these reasons: • We ...read more