Entergy customer’s bills are going up five to seven dollars by September. Matt Doyle has the story.
Democratic Presidential candidates are headed to New Orleans to state their case at Essence Fest, a gathering of some of the nation’s most prominent African American cultural and political leaders. Senators Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren and former Congressman Beto O’Rourke will speak Saturday, and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg will speak Sunday.
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 Langley says the primary source of the two compounds is automobile exhaust.
Another action day may be called for Saturday.
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. Brignac says while the debates can be heated among students he always sees delegates interacting afterward as friends.
Brignac plans to study political communications at LSU.