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New York Times
14-07-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Sun Belt votes to add Louisiana Tech after losing Texas State to Pac-12: Source
The Sun Belt Conference is inviting Louisiana Tech to the league as a replacement for Texas State, which recently announced a move next year to the new-look Pac-12. A person involved in the decision told The Athletic that the Sun Belt's presidents voted Monday to add Louisiana Tech to the conference at a date yet to be determined. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the move has not been officially announced. Advertisement The exit fee to leave Conference USA is expected to be more than $5 million after members signed a grant of rights to coincide with the conference's latest television deal. Louisiana Tech has been part of CUSA since 2013. The addition of the Ruston, La., based school will keep the Sun Belt at 14 football schools next year and give it three full members in the state, along with Louisiana in Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe. Speculation about the Sun Belt's interest in Louisiana Tech started even before Texas State's move became official. ULM athletic director John Hartwell openly supported inviting La Tech. On July 1, Texas State announced it would move to the Pac-12 next year when the conference relaunches with Boise State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Colorado State, Utah State and Gonzaga, which does not have a football program, joining holdovers Oregon State and Washington State. NCAA and College Football Playoff rules require a minimum of eight members for a conference to be eligible for automatic entry into championship events. Oregon State and Washington State are in the second season of operating the Pac-12 as a two-team conference following the mass departures of 10 longtime members to other power conferences. The trickle-down effect from the sweeping realignment at the power conference level, which began in 2021 with Texas and Oklahoma moving to the SEC, has led to significant turnover in CUSA. After recent additions of Jacksonville State, Kennesaw State and Sam Houston State, the conference is adding Delaware and Missouri State this year, two more schools making the transition from FCS to FBS. The departure of Louisiana Tech leaves Conference USA with 10 full members committed beyond 2025: The recent additions from FCS, plus Liberty, Middle Tennessee, Western Kentucky, New Mexico State and FIU. UTEP is leaving Conference USA after the upcoming school year to join the Mountain West.
Globe and Mail
10-07-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Origin Bancorp, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2025 Earnings Release and Conference Call
RUSTON, La., July 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Origin Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: OBK) ('Origin'), the financial holding company for Origin Bank, plans to issue second quarter 2025 results after the market closes on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, and hold a conference call to discuss such results on Thursday, July 24, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. Central Time (9:00 a.m. Eastern Time). The conference call will be hosted by Drake Mills, Chairman, President and CEO of Origin, William J. Wallace, IV, Chief Financial Officer of Origin, and Lance Hall, President and CEO of Origin Bank. Conference Call and Live Webcast To participate in the live conference call, please dial +1 (929) 272-1574 (U.S. Local / International 1); +1 (857) 999-3259 (U.S. Local / International 2); +1 (888) 700-7550 (U.S. Toll Free), enter Conference ID: 05905 and request to be joined into the Origin Bancorp, Inc. (OBK) call. A simultaneous audio-only webcast may be accessed via Origin's website at under the investor relations, News & Events, Events & Presentations link or directly by visiting Conference Call Webcast Archive If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the webcast will be archived on the Investor Relations section of Origin's website at under Investor Relations, News & Events, Events & Presentations. About Origin Bancorp, Inc. Origin Bancorp, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered in Ruston, Louisiana. Origin's wholly owned bank subsidiary, Origin Bank, was founded in 1912 in Choudrant, Louisiana. Deeply rooted in Origin's history is a culture committed to providing personalized relationship banking to businesses, municipalities, and personal clients to enrich the lives of the people in the communities it serves. Origin provides a broad range of financial services and currently operates more than 55 locations in Dallas/Fort Worth, East Texas, Houston, North Louisiana, Mississippi, South Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. For more information, visit Contact Information Investor Relations Chris Reigelman 318-497-3177 chris@ Media Contact Ryan Kilpatrick 318-232-7472 rkilpatrick@
Sky News AU
16-06-2025
- Business
- Sky News AU
Government's vape scheme pushes young Aussies to turn to black market sellers
Shadow Health Minister Anne Ruston has discussed the poor results of the Albanese government's vape scheme. It has been revealed that less than 0.1 per cent of vapes are being sold legally through pharmacies. 'Quite clearly, the policy the government's put in place is not working,' Mr Ruston told Sky News Australia.
Sky News AU
16-06-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘The real tragedy': Shadow health minister Anne Ruston says youth pushed to crime networks for vapes under Labor
The opposition has accused the Albanese government of driving young people into the arms of organised crime after new data revealed less than one per cent of vapes are purchased legally. Documents obtained by The Daily Telegraph revealed on Monday that one in every 1,686 vape sales occur legally through a pharmacy—about 0.06 per cent. Organised crime syndicates have been importing vapes, of which more than 10 million are sold nationally every month on the black market. Shadow health minister Anne Ruston told Sky News that the government's restrictive model of only allowing vape sales in pharmacies created the booming black market. 'We told the government when they put this policy forward that it wasn't going to work,' Ms Ruston said on Monday. 'The government knew right from the get-go that the prescription-only model wasn't working. 'The real tragedy of all this is the fact that young Australians particularly (are being) forced into the hands of organised crime to access vapes. 'Organised crime is benefiting from the failure of this government's policy.' Figures obtained via Freedom of Information showed an average of 5,932 vapes were sold legally, compared to more than 10 million sold illegally every month. Asked what the opposition's approach to vape regulation would be, Ms Ruston admitted it did not yet have one. 'We've made it very clear that all policies that we took to the election that we are intending to look at and make sure that they are fit for purpose,' she said. Nationals leader David Littleproud, who conceded that he had previously supported a prescription-only model, called for a 'regulated' model of vape sales. 'I admit that I got it wrong … on a prohibition model around prescriptions for vaping,' Mr Littleproud told Sky News on Monday. 'We've got to get to a regulated model. Look what's worked—what worked with tobacco back in the 90s was a regulated model." Mr Littleproud said by regulating and taxing vape products, the government could reinvest some of that money into treating health issues caused by smoking. The government's vaping reforms—championed by Health Minister Mark Butler—were intended to reduce youth uptake and ensure access for adults trying to quit smoking.
Sky News AU
10-06-2025
- Business
- Sky News AU
Liberal Senator Anne Ruston suggests Chris Bowen should 'have been fired years ago' in scathing takedown of Energy Minister
Liberal Senator Anne Ruston has issued a scathing assessment of Labor's policies under Chris Bowen, declaring the Energy Minister "would have been fired years ago" if he had been working for a private business. Following its emphatic victory in the May federal election, Labor has doubled down on its controversial renewables-led push to achieve net zero emissions. Speaking at the National Press Club on Tuesday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese suggested his party's victory demonstrated a clear mandate for the plan, despite ongoing community concerns surrounding several high profile projects. Mr Bowen, too, has doubled down on the push, insisting renewables remain the "cleanest and cheapest" way to power the national grid. However, Senator Ruston was quick to push back against the claims, accusing both men of "completely destroying the very thing that underpins our economy". "The Prime Minister just seems to be completely blind to any other solution, whatever that might be, so that Australians can have a reliable and affordable power," she told Sky News following Mr Albanese's address. "All he seems to caring about is his pursuit of this ideological sort of renewable energy future that he's proving not to be deliverable. "The government constantly is providing subsidies and handouts and the like of taxpayers' money to fix up a problem that is of their own making. "Our power bills were supposed to have gone down by this year. Clearly, the complete opposite's happened with increases of over $1,000." Senator Ruston then singled out Mr Bowen for particular criticism, as she questioned why Labor continued to stand by what she described as a "failed policy pursuit". "If Chris Bowen was an executive in any sensible company around Australia he would have been fired years ago and yet he still stays in this job completely destroying the very thing that underpins our economy and that's affordable and reliable energy," she said. The Senator's takedown of the government's energy plans comes as the Coalition continues to struggle internally over its own stance on net zero. Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce and Senator Matt Canavan have been amongst a handful of high-profile members pushing for the opposition to scrap their commitment to the emissions reduction target. However, others within the Liberal Party have warned the Coalition risks losing even more support in urban areas if it abandons the pledge, with Labor and Teal independents both positioning themselves as strong on the environment. Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has said the Coalition would review its stance on the issue and Senator Ruston was similarly coy when she addressed the party's stance. "We're taking a very considered approach to making sure that the Coalition's energy policy going to the next election is one that will deliver reliable and affordable power, at the same time as making sure emissions reduction is part of the mix," she said.
