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Partnership News and Views: Supporting women in the workforce

All roads in economic development, these days, lead to one thing: the workforce. We’ve all heard countless stories about the challenges that all kinds of businesses and industries have had hiring the people they need. It’s hard to point to just a simple explanation, given the number of forces that are contributing to the issue: a wave of retirements; population decline – especially among younger people – throughout the region; the “Great Resignation,” referring to a re-evaluation of work and career paths on the part of many employees; and a lack of childcare options that ...

Girl’s sneakers inspired by love for LSU, Converse

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Lifting the lid that displays an animation of her face, 10-year-old Paris LaCour pulls from the box a pair of designer-made high-top sneakers colored in homage to Louisiana State University and crafted with top-of-the-line Italian leather. She is the designer — the ...

US employers shrugged off virus and stepped up hiring

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers accelerated their hiring last month, adding a solid 531,000 jobs, the most since July and a sign that the recovery from the pandemic recession is overcoming a virus-induced slowdown. Friday’s report from the Labor Department also showed that the ...

Chamber Chat: Shop local this holiday season

It’s been almost seven days since the West End’s first dusting of snow. Black Friday is less than three weeks in the future. Holiday shopping season is here. Whether you celebrate Christmas or Kwanzaa, Hanukkah or Diwali, the solstice or something else, you will probably find yourself ...

GLRC offering mental health services in Marquette

MARQUETTE —Great Lakes Recovery Centers is announcing the addition of JoAnne Garrow to GLRC’s Marquette Outpatient Office. Garrow will be providing outpatient mental health and behavioral health services for adolescents and adults. Garrow is a Licensed Master Social Worker, Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor, and Certified Anxiety Clinician for Children and Adolescents. Garrow earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan and her graduate degree at Michigan State University. She had spent time as a substance abuse counselor and mental health therapist for ...