LSLIZ SWAINE

1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Liz Swaine

   Shreveport community college has $30 million and a bucket list of ways to use it (opens the original)

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   Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College Chancellor Jayda Spillers is working to AI-proof jobs. But first, she wants to get children as young as middle school to start having experiences that could later turn into careers. A recent program called Spark Force at the Minden campus started connecting the dots. “The students explored everything from advanced manufacturing, a little electrical, a little bit of welding, instrumentation, and I love to see our female students interested. There

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2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · LIZ SWAINE | Staff writer

   Louisiana’s Origin Bank moves from Wall Street to Dallas’ Y’all Street (opens the original)

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   Origin Bank, a 114-year-old bank headquartered in Ruston, is moving its stock exchange listing away from the New York Stock Exchange to the new Texas Stock Exchange beginning Oct. 13. The Dallas-based exchange, a startup backed with $120 million from Goldman Sachs, Citadel Securities and BlackRock, has earned the nickname "Y’all Street." In making the announcement of the move, Origin said that the Texas exchange is more aligned to the bank’s “growth story.” “The Texas Stock Exchange re

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3. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Liz Swaine

   Shreveport-Bossier economy showing warning signs, economist says (opens the original)

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   For the first time since LSU in Shreveport economist Douglas White started keeping the numbers for his quarterly regional economic dashboard, he is concerned. In the measured words of an economist, the data has given him “pause.” “It’s the first time that I've been comfortable saying that I think the data kind of shows that the economy seems to be slowing,” said White, the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at LSU-S. Since 2022, he has collected data for the No

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4. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · LIZ SWAINE | Staff writer

   Shreveport’s Robinson Film Center making changes, returning to 'core mission' (opens the original)

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   Few business models include a movie theater, a full restaurant and bar, and an educational component, all with the overarching goal of creating economic development through film. That has been the model of Robinson Film Center for its 18 years in business on downtown Shreveport’s Texas Street. The two-screen, independent nonprofit that depends on memberships, sponsorships, grants and community input and support to survive, has, along the way, attracted a loyal following of movie lovers. The fi

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5. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Liz Swaine

   Amazon Web Services announces third data center in NW Louisiana, sets community meeting date (opens the original)

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   A third Amazon Web Services data center in northwest Louisiana is now official. “I'm excited to share that Amazon is increasing its planned investment in Northwest Louisiana to 18 billion dollars,” said Keith Klein, AWS Director of Data Center Supply Solutions, to a crowd at Shreveport’s Government Plaza. Klein’s announcement, however, could not match the enthusiasm of Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux. “Wow! Just wow! What a win for the people of Shreveport, and thank you to STACK, thank

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