NASA is launching its first spaceship to the moon today and NASA’s Michoud Assembly facility in New Orleans played a major role in the Artemis II mission. NASA spokesperson Craig Betbeze says both of Artemis II’s propellant tanks were built at the rocket factory in New Orleans east…
Cut 3 (12) “…into orbit”
The Artemis II crew has four astronauts and they will loop around the moon. It’s the first crewed lunar mission since 1972.
A new study by WalletHub shows that Louisiana is the most stressed state in the country. WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo says of the four stress dimensions it looked at, Louisiana ranked in the top ten in all of them.
Cut 14 (09) “…safety-related stress.”
Lupo says Louisiana ranks as the most stressed state in large part because it has the highest poverty rate in the country and 16-percent of its residents haven’t seen a doctor in over a year due to the cost.
Former wildlife and fisheries secretary Jack Mountoucet of Lafayette Parish faces up to five years in prison after he pleaded guility for his involvement in a kickback scheme. Assistant US Attorney LaDonte Murphy says Montoucet worked with two other individuals to make sure a Lafayette businessman, known as Leonard Franques, received a state contract to conduct online hunting and boating courses…
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Montoucet will be sentenced on June 30th.
A seafood advocacy group says its audit of restaurants along the U.S. 190 corridor between Krotz Springs and Kinder, discovered that nine were serving imported shrimp, but telling customers the shrimp was domestically caught. SeaD consulting Co-Founder David Williams says at each stop, they explicitly asked about the origin of the shrimp.
Cut 11 (09) “…telling the truth.”
It is against the law for a restaurant or store to say they are selling domestic seafood, when in fact they are selling imported seafood.