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Ashley Westerman
Ashley Westerman
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Elizabeth Eads
Elizabeth Eads
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Kelly Connelly
Kelly Connelly
Government & Politics Reporter
Amy Jeffries
Amy Jeffries
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Tech Industry
4:14 pm
Wed March 27, 2013

Baton Rouge to See 800 Tech Jobs with IBM

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An artist's rendering of the proposed IBM building, which will also include almost 100 river-view apartments.
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Construction for the new building will be paid for with a public/private partnership not unlike that of the Shaw Center for the Arts.
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Projected cost total for the office building is $30.5 million. The state will finance $14.8 million of that, along with $3 million from the city of Baton Rouge/East Baton Rouge Parish, and and $12.7 million in Community Development Block Grant funds.
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Louisiana, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, and software company IBM are partnering to expand LSU’s computer science program, revamp downtown property, and bring 800 jobs to Baton Rouge.

IBM will open a new service center downtown in 2015, but will employ 300 locally in 2014.

Under the partnership, LSU’s school of engineering is expected to double its computer science faculty and jump to the top 15 nationally in number of graduates.

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Brain Drain
6:48 am
Thu January 31, 2013

Student Surveys Reveal More LSU Grads Staying In State

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Director of LSU Career Services Mary Feduccia says according to her office, more LSU graduates are staying in Louisiana.
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At the start of the Louisiana Smart Growth Summit in November, keynote speaker Mitchell J. Silver – who works for the Department of City Planning in Raleigh, North Carolina – gave his audience some constructive criticism:

“Baton Rouge, you’re not keeping your young people. They're leaving," said Silver.


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The Jim Engster Show
10:15 am
Fri January 4, 2013

MONDAY: Economic Development Secretary Stephen Moret, Author Fred Kaplan

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Jim talks with Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Stephen Moret about business developments in the state in 2012 and the outlook for 2013.

Author Fred Kaplan discusses his book, "The Insurgents," about how General Davis Petraeus and others sought to change the U.S. military.

WRKF News Director Amy Jeffries talks with NPR Justice Correspondent Carrie Johnson about the federal government's settlement with Transocean in the Deepwater Horizon case.


The Jim Engster Show
11:33 am
Thu December 13, 2012

FRIDAY: BRAC's Adam Knapp, QBQ's John Miller, Musician Martin Flanagan

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Jim talks with Baton Rouge Area Chamber President Adam Knapp about economic development hits and misses in 2012, and projections for 2013.

QBQ founder John Miller talks about his latest book, "Parenting the QBQ Way."

Musician Martin Flanagan, who says he is the illegitimate son of legendary country music star Hank Williams, stops by. Martin performs Dec. 15 at the Red Dragon in Baton Rouge.


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