Bollinger Shipyards has been awarded a major U-S Defense contract as their facility in Houma will build four new icebreaker vessels as part of a six billion dollar deal. The construction of the vessels will support as many as 600 jobs. Congressman Clay Higgins says these new ships will help secure the Artic Ocean.
Banana Ball is coming to New Orleans as the Savannah Bananas are bringing their unique brand of baseball to the Caesar’s Superdome March 14th and 15th. Andre Champagne reports.
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State legislative leaders are planning on holding a short special session later this month. There’s been talk of redrawing the Congressional district map, but Senate Governmental Affairs Chairman Caleb Kleinpeter says they will wait for the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of the current map, but if that ruling comes down after January and qualifying for the US Senate race has already taken place, the state has to keep the current map in place…
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Qualifying is currently scheduled for January, but Kleinpeter says that will likely be pushed back and so will the April primary.
The Landry Administration has cancelled the Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion Project on the east bank of Plaquemines. This comes on the heels of the three-billion dollar Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project. C-P-R-A Director Gordon Dove says both projects have become too expensive, but Charles Sutcliffe with the National Wildlife Federation says these projects were essential to the long-term health of the coast…