The Southern Shrimp Alliance is applauding President Trump’s 25-percent tariff on shrimp imports from India, which is by far the biggest exporter of shrimp to the U.S. Board member Cheri Blanchard of Houma says the low cost of imported shrimp is costing local shrimpers their livelihoods.
She also says the imported shrimp is less healthy since the importers are not held to the same standards as domestic shrimp.
Louisiana is one of six states that will now restrict the purchase of sodas, energy drinks, and candy with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP funds. The waiver making the restrictions possible was signed by Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins yesterday. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy, Jr. and several governors joined her. Governor Jeff Landry applauded the move and said Louisiana isn’t just participating in the Make America Healthy Again movement; we’re leading it. The new SNAP restrictions go into effect next year
Among the new laws that went into effect last Friday is one that relates to the post-conviction appeals process. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The Trump administration is canceling plans for wind farms in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Greg Upton, the executive director of the LSU Center for Energy Studies, says several Louisiana-based energy companies were excited about the development of offshore wind energy projects and in May, shipbuilder Edison Chouest Offshore completed construction of a ship to service the five-billion-dollar Empire Wind project off the New York coast.