Jeff Landry is conducting his first overseas economic development trip as governor. The governor’s office says Landry is in South Korea to strengthen relationships with major companies currently doing business in Louisiana or considering future investment in the state. Economist Doctor Loren Scott says these face-to-face visits can result in more jobs and investment in Louisiana…
The governor’s office did not say when Governor Landry will return to Louisiana.
Today is the last day of early voting in Louisiana and this year has surpassed early voting numbers from the last presidential election in 2020 when according to the secretary of state’s office, 719,000 ballots were cast. This year, 746,000 early ballots were cast. Mail-in voting numbers are down from 2020. Election day voting is a week from today. Sample ballots, polling places and other information can be found at geaux vote dot com, of course that’s g-e-a-u-x dot com.
Later this week, people in one northeast Louisiana community will be told to be home by midnight. Andrew Greenstein explains.
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Following an all-day search involving multiple agencies, a ten-year-old Livingston Parish boy who disappeared from his home Sunday is found safe. Sheriff Jason Ard says ten-year-old Brody Sturdivant ran away from home after being punished, and he says even though the boy has been found safe, the investigation is ongoing.
The FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service assisted in the search.