The Louisiana Department of Economic Development is hailing the state’s second straight Platinum Deal of the Year. This year, the publication Business Facilities singled out the Hyundai Steel mill in Ascension Parish, which Secretary Susan Bourgeois says will be innovative in every way.
Cut 7 (10) “…steel that exists.”
Last year’s Platinum Deal of the Year was the Meta A-I data center in Richland Parish.
Two groups team up to wipe out 22-million dollars worth of medical debt for some 17-thousand people in the greater Baton Rouge area. Undue Medical Debt bought the debt, and Tristi Charpentier the Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation chose the beneficiaries based on certain qualifications.
Two years ago today, Governor Jeff Landry officially took office. Jeff Palermo looks back at the first half of his four-term.
Cut 2 (33) “…I’m Jeff Palermo.”
The Louisiana Department of Health says a child has died from the flu. It is not releasing any details about the patient due to privacy concerns. Flu activity is in the very high category in all but two states in the country. The CDC says there are about 11-million flu cases across the country, including about five-thousand deaths.