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Business Insider
19-07-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
Elevance Health CEO Boudreaux buys $2.44M of shares
Elevance Health (ELV) CEO Gail Boudreaux disclosed the purchase of 8,500 shares at an average price of $286.94 for total value of $2.44M. Boudreaux now owns 151,020 shares of Elevance. Shares of Elevance bounced off their lows but remain down 6% to $283.52 in afternoon trading. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 50% off! Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights to help you invest with confidence. Make smarter investment decisions with TipRanks' Smart Investor Picks, delivered to your inbox every week.
American Press
27-06-2025
- Politics
- American Press
Jeff Davis parish administrator gives progress report on first year
Construction is expected to be completed by the end of this year for a new $2.1 million state-of-the-art animal shelter for Jeff Davis shelter will feature 40 dog runs, 34 cat enclosures, areas for intake, isolation, stray animal care and surgical procedures. (Doris Maricle / American Press) Jeff Davis Parish Administrator Ben Boudreaux is nearing completion of his first year as the parish's first ever administrator. In reflecting on his first year, Boudreaux presented a progress report at a police jury meeting Wednesday. He highlighted significant accomplishments from the past year and shared his vision for the future of the parish. 'I think we've accomplished a lot,' Boudreaux said, expressing his satisfaction with the progress made. 'Hopefully more than past years.' He acknowledged that many of these achievements were a collaborative effort, with some projects initiated before his tenure and others benefiting from the expertise of the parish engineer. He emphasized that every accomplishment represents a win for the parish, and extended his sincere gratitude to the staff for their dedication, teamwork and willingness to embrace changes in a short period. He also thanked the police jurors for their invaluable input and participation, encouraging them to 'keep pushing us, don't stop.' 'When I first came to the parish, one of the things I was told is we had a back arena extension project that we wanted to be completed (at the fairgrounds),' he said. 'I know it was in the works and was a high priority for Rep. Troy Romero.' Additionally, he mentioned a bridge that required shutdown for repairs as per the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development's directive. 'I didn't know I was going to get my engineering stamp wet right off the bat, but these two things, I did the engineering plans for, and we kicked off with a bid for the arena canopy. It came in about what we estimated and as y'all know, as of this week, they completed that project, on time, on budget and it looks great. I think it is a great addition to the parish.' From an economic development standpoint, Boudreaux said both water infrastructure and road improvements have been top priorities. 'We need infrastructure improvements, especially by the interstate,' he said. 'It was a high priority for a lot of people. ' Boudreaux is particularly excited about the new water filtration system being installed by the Jeff Davis Central Water District in Woodlawn. The water well has been drilled, and the plans and permitting are complete, he said. The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds provided by the police jury were instrumental in launching the project, he said. Additionally, the parish is looking forward to receiving water sector funds, which will supplement the project and reduce the need to draw solely from their own funds. Furthermore, Jeff Davis Parish Water and Sewer Commission #1 has finalized plans for a Phase One booster station project at the Lacassine water treatment plant, The project is expected to go out for bid by the end of the year, according to Boudreaux. The police jury has allocated funds from both ARPA and the state's capital outlay to support the project. 'One of the things that kind of helped this project, just like the Jeff Davis Central, was the ARPA money the police jury gave, and also the donation of the five acres where the water plant is going to be built,' he said. 'That's going to be a great addition for that area.' Boudreaux also highlighted the poor infrastructure around the interstate, attributing it to boundary issues. 'When we have boundaries, it doesn't benefit them to build a lot of infrastructure right at the tip of those boundaries,' he said. 'So we're going to have an opportunity with these (Senator Bill) Cassidy funds. That'll be a project through the police jury where we can work around and through those boundaries.' He stressed the need to strengthen those areas where the boundaries exist. Boudreaux also shared his excitement about the parish's chip seal program, which allows for improvements to gravel roads at a fraction of the cost of asphalt. 'I think it's very beneficial to growing our parish,' he said. 'Nobody likes a dusty road.' The parish is collaborating with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development on several bridge projects, which will be fully funded by the state. Work has either been completed or is scheduled to begin on bridges on Lyons Road, Ardoin Cove, Pecan Orchard Road and Payton Road, West Racca Road and Theo Road. The 2022 road project has been successfully closed out, including the completion of Farm Supply Road which was funded through capital outlay funds. In-house maintenance crews also finished 6.5 miles of chip seal work, and a draft list for additional chip seal work and paving projects in Topsy are pending bids. Nearly three miles of roads in Topsy are currently in the design phase for paving. Boudreaux said the Topsy road improvement project will enhance property value in the area and help reduce maintenance costs. 'Overall I think it is definitely a win for the parish and those people over there,' he said. The police jury was awarded $1 million for the Topsy road improvements. Additional grants were secured for new trash receptacles, generators, drainage on Plantation Road in Lake Arthur, and a hurricane safe room at the police jury office. The parish is also seeking grants for a local road safety program to provide signs and striping, arena improvements, sewer implementation, building improvements, and health unit generator. In other developments and improvements, Boudreaux said construction of a new $2.1 million state-of-the-art animal shelter is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The facility, designed for future expansion and funded without additional taxes, will feature receiving rooms, a surgical room, 40 dog runs and 34 cat enclosures. 'I've never run an animal shelter before, but I think it's good that we thought ahead and we added those things initially and designed it such that we could expand it easily in the future,' he said. 'A small animal shelter is definitely better than none at all, and we had to start somewhere.' In addition, Boudreaux said the parish has successfully updated and replaced equipment, leading to increased maintenance output. This was achieved by implementing a new work order system to manage and track complaints, dedicating personnel to digging ditches, patching, and operating equipment and utilizing part-time labor for weed spraying. The parish is actively monitoring output for accountability and incorporating advanced tools, such as a fleet management system to track vehicles and heavy equipment. 'We're buying all these things to improve, but we're also trying to save money at the same time,' he said. He said the parish has made significant strides in cost savings, including a $200,000 reduction in health insurance and a $400,000 reduction in fixed assets insurance. Additionally, the parish is performing more in-house repairs and maintenance with its own employees and increasing investments. Boudreaux also highlighted several improvements to parish-owned buildings, including the hiring of a maintenance supervisor and repair person. This is expected to help with small maintenance and repairs, and save the parish money. Repairs were made to the fairgrounds' arena roof, and many signs throughout the parish have been cosmetically fixed, including the registrar of voters office, the 911 building and the health unit. Small improvements, such as the addition of fans and new padded chairs, were also made at the multipurpose building at the fairgrounds 'We're trying to make our parish look good,' he said. Changes and improvements have also been made to the police jury office, including a new phone system and a new file sharing system to improve efficiency. Additionally, offices have been rearranged for smoother operations, regular staff meetings are being held to keep employees updated, and job titles and descriptions have been updated. 'And for the first time, we are doing employee evaluations, and that is very important because it gives employees feedback on how they're doing and what they need to improve on,' he said. The parish has also been focused on updating ordinances including those related to dirt pits, injection wells, and utility permits. Code enforcement has also been improved with the introduction of spreadsheets to track violations and documentation worksheets for tracking projects. Permit processes have been streamlined to accept online and credit card payments. Boudreaux also prioritized improving customer service, updating the parish website, and implementing new forms for driveway, logging and utility permit. Procurement and purchase order policies have also been updated. Regarding audits, Boudreaux said the parish successfully submitted all overdue audits from the past three years within a 10-month period. The 2024 audit is scheduled to be submitted by its due date. To enhance public communication, the parish is now actively using its social media page for updates and streaming meetings online. Looking ahead, Boudreaux said the parish will continue to improve road maintenance and drainage projects. A key goal for the end of the year is to clean up all maintenance yards. Improvements are also planned for the fairgrounds, Houssiere Park, Roanoke Park, and water infrastructure projects.
Eater
18-06-2025
- Business
- Eater
The Most Anticipated Houston Restaurant Openings, Summer 2025
Summer has arrived — the kids are out of school, the heat is on, and vacation is calling, hopefully with a drink in hand. Fortunately, Houston's dining scene never rests. This summer, a new slate of long-awaited openings joins some of the hottest restaurants in town. From a pop-up-turned-burger joint in East End to the latest restaurant from the team behind omakase restaurant Neo and hand roll bar Kira, here are the most exciting restaurants opening this summer. Location: 2510 Navigation Boulevard, East End Key player: Chef Joseph Boudreaux Projected opening date: July 2025 After around four years of popping up all over the city, chef Joseph Boudreaux has finally found a permanent spot for his brainchild, Boo's Burgers. Boudreaux will join some of his favorite dining hotspots on Navigation Boulevard's the Esplanade with a burger stand that slings his signature smash burgers. Newcomers can expect crispy-edged smash burgers topped with molten American cheese, smoky remoulade, shredded lettuce, sliced tomatoes, and homemade pickles. Boudreaux says the new burger joint will also offer fries and drinks, and, in the future, will be a space for engaging community events. Location: 746 W 24th Street, West University Key players: Comma Hospitality; Samee Ahmed, Saber Ahmed Comma Hospitality, the group behind Neo and Kira, will open its third restaurant this summer, offering a new presentation of Japanese cuisine. Set in a gable-roofed building with expansive windows, the 24-seat hinoki counter restaurant will dish out a combination of sushi, curated tastings, and seasonal dishes. The early menu preview includes Madai nigiri with freeze-dried creme fraiche and chives, a clever nod to the iconic lox bagel; swordfish crudo with kimchi tamari; Alaskan black cod slow-cooked over charcoal with seaweed butter; and banana caviar ice cream. If it's anything like Neo or Kira, the menu's dish descriptions won't fully do the food justice — you'll have to try it yourself to understand its nuances. Drinks include Japanese ingredient–inflected cocktails, sake, and wines meant for pairing. Location: 2410 Richmond Avenue, Upper Kirby Key players: Pappas Restaurants Projected date: August 2025 Pappas Restaurants has tackled Tex-Mex, barbecue, burgers, steak, wine, seafood, diner eats, and Creole cuisine. Now, it's paying homage to its Greek roots. The beloved local restaurant group will open Yiayia's Greek Kitchen in August, whose Greek theme and menu pay tribute to the family's matriarch, Yiayia Mary, and the yiayiades (grandmothers) of Greece, with a robust slate of meze-style shared plates. Greek and Mediterranean dishes will round out the menu with prime rib-eye souvlaki with blistered tomato; dolmades made with beef, lamb, basmati, grape leaves, and pistachio; kalamata olive bread; and traditional moussaka. Location: 2615 Riverside Drive, Riverside Terrace area Key player: Chef Dominick Lee Projected opening date: Summer 2025 Not to be confused with Hotel Saint Augustine, this new Creole restaurant is slated to open this summer in the Black-owned boutique Hotel King David, located in the Riverside Terrace area not far from Third Ward. Fittingly, New Orleans native and chef Dominick Lee, formerly of Poitín, will lead the kitchen, serving 'progressive Creole' cuisine rooted in tradition but with a modern touch. Though the menu is still under wraps, Lee has been teasing dishes at private dinners and high-profile pop-ups, including an impressive fall collaboration with the team at chef Aaron Bludorn's Navy Blue. Lee has held membership-only supper club events and dinners at the hotel with other chefs, including Boudreaux of Boo's Burgers, Top Chef: Houston finalist Evelyn Garcia and recent Top Chef winner Tristen Epps. Eater has tried Lee's pork muffuletta with crispy cracklins; pillowy beignets; crab bisque with hand-rolled fregola; and a take on Lee's grandmother's okra stew crowned with fried okra. If these dishes are any indication of what will be on Augustine's menu, it should be one of summer's most exciting debuts. Location: 6450 Cross Creek Bend Lane, Fulshear Key players: Eat Local Concepts Projected opening date: Summer 2025 The hospitality group behind local restaurant chains Local Table and Hungry's is expanding its reach with a new family-friendly restaurant. Housed in the former space of Italian Made Cafe, the Local Spot will open in Fulshear's Cross Creek Ranch area and offer casual American fare, cocktails, and a menu that features entirely new dishes and some of the favorites — think fettuccine with cream sauce, pizza, salads, and kebabs — from its sister restaurants. See More:
Global News
13-06-2025
- Global News
‘Doomsday Mom' Lori Vallow Daybell convicted in 2nd murder conspiracy case
Lori Vallow Daybell, the so-called 'Doomsday Mom' who is already serving life sentences for the gruesome killings of her two youngest children, has been found guilty once again, this time of conspiring to kill her niece's ex-husband. The verdict marks her second murder conspiracy conviction in Arizona in less than two months. She was convicted Thursday on a charge of conspiring to murder Brandon Boudreaux, who was once married to Vallow Daybell's niece, outside his home in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert. In April, Vallow Daybell was found guilty in an Arizona court of conspiring with her brother, Alex Cox, to kill her estranged husband, Charles Vallow, in 2019 at her home in Chandler, another Phoenix suburb. Cox died in December 2019 and was never charged. 1:38 Lori Vallow Daybell found guilty in death of her fourth husband In that case, prosecutors argued she was motivated by an opportunity to cash in on Vallow's US$1-million life insurance policy and a marriage to then-boyfriend Chad Daybell, who wrote several religious novels about prophecies and the end of the world. Story continues below advertisement Daybell is also serving life sentences for the deaths of Vallow Daybell's children, seven-year-old Joshua 'JJ' Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, and his wife, Tammy Daybell. View image in full screen This combination photo of undated file photos released by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children shows once-missing children Joshua 'JJ' Vallow, seven, left, and Tylee Ryan, 17. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children via AP Vallow Daybell is scheduled to be sentenced in both Arizona cases on July 25. Each conviction carries a life sentence. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Boudreaux told the court that his ex-wife, Melani Pawlowski, aspired to be like her aunt Lori and that the two began attending religious meetings together in 2018, and soon Pawlowski was arguing that they should stockpile food for the end of the world. In October 2019, someone in a Jeep outside Boudreaux's home fired a rifle shot at him, missing him but shattering a window on his car. Boudreaux recognized the Jeep as the vehicle that Vallow Daybell's daughter, Tylee Ryan, regularly drove before her death. Story continues below advertisement Cellphone data, receipts and surveillance video placed Cox at the scene. Prosecutors argued that Vallow Daybell helped clear the way for the attack by arranging phone use and providing cover. After the verdict was handed down on Thursday, Boudreaux thanked investigators for uncovering what he called 'the truth,' and also the jury for turning that truth into a conviction. He said, '2,078 days,' referencing the number of days since the shooting. 'Hatred, selfishness and greed almost led to the end of my life. 'Twelve strangers verified that Lori must be held accountable. I did not enjoy sitting and giving someone who tried to kill me the chance to question me. But I owed it to Charles, to Tylee, to J.J., and to Tammy to speak — because I could.' Vallow Daybell isn't an lawyer but chose to defend herself at both trials in Arizona. 1:55 Lori Vallow Daybell, mom who killed her kids, handed 3 life sentences without possibility of parole Despite multiple guilty convictions, Vallow Daybell has denied any wrongdoing in the murders and believes she'll be 'exonerated.' Story continues below advertisement In March, Vallow Daybell sat down with NBC Dateline correspondent Keith Morrison to discuss her plans for the future. 'We will both be exonerated in the future,' Vallow Daybell said of her and Daybell in the episode, titled, Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview. 'The same way I will be exonerated.' When Morrison asked Vallow Daybell to expand on why she believes she will be exonerated, she said, 'I have seen things in the future that Jesus showed me when I was in heaven and we were not in jail. We were not in prison.' 'After I get exonerated, maybe I'll go on Dancing With the Stars,' she continued, 'And you can come.' — With files from Global News' Katie Scott and The Associated Press
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Yahoo
Lori Vallow Daybell Just Got Convicted Again — This Time for Plotting to Kill Her Niece's Ex-Husband
Lori Vallow Daybell has been convicted of conspiring to kill her niece's ex-husband in October 2019 Daybell faces a possibility of two life sentences stemming from the conviction Daybell is already serving three life sentences without the possibility of parole in connection with the deaths of her two young children and her fifth husband's ex-wifeLori Vallow Daybell, the 'Doomsday' mother who was convicted of killing her two young children, an ex-husband, and the ex-wife of her most recent fifth husband, has been convicted for conspiring to kill another man in 51, was found guilty on Thursday of conspiring to kill Brandon Boudreaux, the ex-husband of her niece, in October 2019, according to The Associated Press, as well as local outlets ABC 15 and NBC 12. Daybell is already serving three life sentences for murdering and conspiring to murder her son 7-year-old Joshua "J.J." Vallow and her daughter 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and conspiring to murder Tammy Daybell, the ex-wife of her fifth husband Chad Daybell. Those three murders also took place in 2019, PEOPLE previously reported. On Thursday, Daybell was convicted of conspiring with her late brother Alex Cox to kill Boudreaux outside of his home in Gilbert, Ariz., the AP reported. Cox has since died, while Daybell will be sentenced on July 25 and faces another two possible life sentences as a result of this week's convictions. According to NBC 12, investigators say Cox shot at Bordeaux with a rifle while he was outside his home. The gunshot missed Bordeaux and shattered a window on the driver's side of his car while he was inside. Bordeaux said he recognized the jeep — where the shot came from — as the car that Daybell's daughter Tylee used to drive before her own disappearance. Daybell represented herself during the trial, once being removed from court after a testy exchange with the judge. "I did not enjoy sitting and giving someone who tried to kill me the chance to question me," Boudreaux told reporters after Daybell's conviction, according to NBC 12. "But I owed it to Charles, to Tylee, to JJ and to Tammy, to speak because I could." Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. Colby Ryan, Daybell's only living child, stood by Boudreaux as he addressed reporters. "We stand united," Boudreaux said, according to the outlet. "We're still family, we always will be. Regardless of the things that happened." NBC 12 reports that after her July sentencing, Daybell will be extradited back to Idaho where she'll continue to serve the life sentences related to her children and husband's ex-wife's murders. Read the original article on People
