SHREVEPORT, La. (Press Release) — Shreveport ranks among the top ten real estate markets nationwide where millennials make up the greatest share of first-time home buyers, according to a report in Bloomberg Business citing data from Realtor.com.

For all of the finger-pointing and blame-shifting that followed the massive hacks of the Office of Personnel Management, lawmakers and officials agree on this much: The federal government needs more cybersecurity professionals.

Today, students in the IT pathway at Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC), near Shreveport, Louisiana, can intern at nine local companies — 14 starting in the fall.

With four buildings on its 66-acre footprint in Bossier City just east of Bossier Parish Community College, the Cyber Innovation Center has filled its phase one acreage and is looking toward expansion.

The Louisiana State Board of Education approves Cyber Engineering as one of 11 new graduation pathways in the state, according to a press release.