Within the next three months Entergy customers will see a five to seven-dollar monthly increase in electric costs. Roughly three and a half dollars of that increase will kick in on your July bill, and Entergy Spokesperson Lee Sabatini says that will go towards a new 869 million dollar St. Charles Power Plant.
The rest of the rate hike will take place in September.
An Oxford Economics report says Louisiana is one of the states most vulnerable to losing a significant amount of jobs due to automation. The report says Louisiana is particularly vulnerable to the robotics revolution due to its status as a “low-skill” region that relies on manufacturing and service jobs. UNO Business Professor Mark Rosa.
Oregon is most at risk, followed by Louisiana, Texas, and Indiana.
The Department of Environmental Quality has issued an air quality action day today for the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas due to conditions being favorable for the production of ground-level ozone, or smog. DEQ spokesperson Greg Langley says last night’s fireworks are part of the reason for the ozone alert…
Another action day may be called for Saturday depending on the air quality forecast issued this afternoon.
This week 600 high school students from across the nation met in North Carolina to participate in the YMCA’s 52nd Annual Conference on National Affairs. One of the six presiding officers at the mock government program was LSU freshman Drake Brignac who says they took on a range on controversial and pressing topics. They’ve even discussed the Armenian genocide.
Students from 36 states attended.