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Louisiana School Cyberattacks Trigger State Of Emergency

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Louisiana has declared a state of emergency after a series of cyberattacks impacted three of the state’s school districts. The attacks shut down the districts’ phones, as well as locked and encrypted files and computer equipment in school districts in Sabine, Morehouse and Ouachita parishes in North Louisiana. As a result, Gov.

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First Mid Bancshares To Acquire Delta Bancshares of Louisiana

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While Finward Bancorp announces merger with Royal Financial Management Feature M&A Feature3 Community Banking.

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Casino Reopenings Draw In Gamblers Despite Online Gaming Surges

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Casinos in Mississippi and Louisiana are reopening this week, and visitors are traveling long distances and waiting in lines to enter the facilities, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. One person cited in the report drove from Houston to Louisiana with her family for the reopening of casinos on Monday.

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ABA Adds Five to Community Bank Benchmark

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Banks based in California, Michigan, Ohio, Louisiana and Florida have been added to the Nasdaq index of community institutions Community Banking Feature3 Feature Management M&A Financial Trends ABA News Nasdaq.

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Lyft Links Up Ride-Hailing With Epic’s Medical Records System

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Nurses, case managers, and other healthcare workers are already familiar with Epic — adding notes to patient files, scheduling appointments, and discharging patients.”. The company added, “our data shows that Lyft can help providers reduce no-show rates by up to 27 percent.”. Lyft for Epic will “simplify sending rides,” the release said.

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US Jobless Claims At 1.4M For Second Week

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“The looming expiration of federal unemployment benefits without a clear-cut replacement threatens a chunk of consumer spending power that has sustained households and made its way back into the economy,” McBride said in a statement.

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Jobless Claims Rise To 1.4M After 15 Straight Weeks Of Declines

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In Georgia layoffs in the healthcare, manufacturing, waste management and accommodation and food services assistance industries were the major reasons for the dramatic rise in claims. States that saw the biggest decrease in claims were in Maryland (13,728), Texas (11,583), New Jersey (8,577), Michigan (6,882) and Louisiana (5,066).

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