Former U. S. Senator J Bennett Johnston who represented Louisiana for 30 years, 24 of them in the senate has passed away. Sen. Johnston was 92 years old. He was known as a pro-business Democrat with strong working relationships on both sides of the aisle. In the early seventies, Johnston came within 0.38% of defeating Edwin Edwards in the race for governor. Funeral arrangements for Sen. Johnston are pending.
The announcement that Hyundai is building a steel mill in Ascension Parish is the latest in a string of major economic projects coming to Louisiana, and Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment (QUINT-maw) says the state is just getting started,
Cut 11 (10) “…years from now.”
The 5.8-billion-dollar steel mill is expected to create 14-hundred direct jobs and more than four-thousand indirect jobs.
Seafood festival organizers are taking a more proactive approach amid a new state law that requires restaurants and vendors to clearly indicate whether the seafood they sell is imported. Last weekend, a vendor at the Louisiana Crawfish Festival in Chalmette was caught selling crawfish imported from China without a sign at the booth. Organizer Cisco Gonzales says it’s possible that it was an honest oversight by a vendor who didn’t know about the new law.
Last year, a similar situation was discovered at the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival in Morgan City.
The LSU Women’s Basketball team is headed to the Sweet 16 after soundly defeating Florida State 101-71. Senior guard Last-Tear Poa says they are playing their best basketball at the right time…