A shipyard in Belle Chasse will build four new tugboats for Woodside Energy, which is building a 17-billion-dollar LNG terminal in Calcasieu Parish. Green Tug Towing will build the tugboats at C-and-C Marine and Repair in Plaquemines Parish. Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois says Governor Landry encourages Louisiana businesses to do business with other Louisiana companies.
New Orleans is slated to host LIV Golf in June, but there’s a chance the circuit might not survive until then. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is reportedly on the verge of cutting funding for LIV Golf, putting its future in jeopardy. Senate President Cameron Henry says the state has allocated seven-million dollars towards the event and has already given LIV Golf one-million of its five-million-dollar hosting fee.
The House Education Committee votes down a bill that would have removed the requirement that students receive the meningitis vaccine. Colleen Crain has the story.
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In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that lawsuits filed by coastal governments against the oil and gas industry for coastal erosion must be heard in federal court. Chevron had appealed a verdict in state court ordering it to pay 740-million dollars to clean up damage to the coastline.