Two years ago today, Governor Jeff Landry the state’s 57th governor. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Landry’s biggest accomplishment was the tax reform legislation he urged legislators to approve in 2024. His first year in office also saw the passage of a bill requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in public schools which is still awaiting a court ruling on its constitutionality. Pinsonat expects Landry to focus more on economic development in the next two years of his term.
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The publication Business Facilities singled out the Hyundai Steel mill in Ascension Parish in naming the Platinum Deal of the Year making Louisiana the first state to win two straight Platinum Deal of the Year awards. Department of Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois says now the big challenge is to do it again.
Last year’s Platinum Deal of the Year was the Meta A-I data center in Richland Parish. Bourgeois says the two projects speak to the diversity of the economic development projects happening in the state.
A late Christmas gift for tens of thousands of people in the greater Baton Rouge area. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reports 16 Louisiana black bears were harvested during the legal bear hunting season that ran from December 6th to the 21st. LDWF’s Large Carnivore Program manager, John Hanks, says there were three different areas where hunters could legally hunt black bears.