Is it a forgone conclusion that Republican Congresswoman Julia Letlow will be elected as Louisiana’s next U.S. Senator? Andrew Greenstein has more.

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Industrial gas supplier Air Products has scrapped plans to build a four-point-five-billion-dollar clean energy facility in Ascension Parish. Air Products says the project, which was announced in October of 2021, would not be profitable. At the time of the announcement, Air Products said this would have the world’s largest low-carbon energy complex and it would produce blue ammonia for international buyers.

Motorists driving uninsured out-of-state vehicles in Louisiana risk getting them impounded. This is thanks to a new law signed by Governor Jeff Landry. Pollock Representative Gabe Firment authored Act 861, which holds out-of-state vehicles to the same standard as those registered in Louisiana.

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Firment says this law is intended to help lower auto insurance rates.

Politicos are concerned about the low turnout in Saturday’s closed party primary runoffs in the U-S Senate race. Voter turnout was just 17-percent. Political consultant Roy Fletcher, who worked on John Fleming’s campaign, suspects the toxic environment surrounding national politics is a factor…

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Another factor is the closed party primaries, which is something Louisiana voters are not used to and that the election was held a weekend before the fourth of July holiday.