A big jump in gas prices overnight some stations increased prices by more than 10 cents. Gasbuddy dot com’s Patrick DeHaan says there are two factors that led to the sudden increase. The conflict with Iran and the seasonal change from winter grade gasoline to summer. He’s optimistic prices will peak soon and then come back down slowly…
Jeff Landry’s re-election campaign reported today that the governor has almost eleven-million dollars in cash on hand. The election is next year and political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says that amount of cash could prevent a strong candidate from challenging Landry…
Cut 13 (14) “….the tax burdens’
The governor is making an announcement at this hour on how the state will be in a better position to land sought-after economic development projects.
Work continues in Shreveport to fix a ruptured water main that’s resulted in low water pressure in some areas and the entire city under a boil water advisory. Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux is optimistic the repairs will be completed by Friday…
Cut 10 (10) “…to fix”
The water main that broke was installed in 1979.
Meta and Amazon are building large data centers in north Louisiana and there’s a concern it will mean higher power costs for everyone, because these facilities need a lot of energy to run. Senate President Cameron Henry says there is a task force looking at the situation…
Cut 5 (13) “…who adjusts those”