The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given the thumbs up for the new Louisiana International Terminal that will be able to accommodate much larger ships. Port NOLA President and CEO Beth Branch it will transform the city of New Orleans and the region into a major logistics hub.

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Construction is expected to take five years.

Today’s the one year anniversary of the kick-off of Amtrak’s Mardi Gras line connecting New Orleans to Mobile. New Orleans and Company President and CEO Walt Leger says they with more than twice the number of riders expected, the Mardi Gras line has led to a 20-percent increase in visitors to the city from the Mobile area, giving New Orleans a huge economic boost.

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Louisiana State Police cited 26 commercial truckers along the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge last week. Kace Kieschnick has more.

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A Caddo Parish Commissioner wants to make changes to a tax incentive pilot program passed last year for data center projects.  Commissioner John Paul Young  wants to see a resolution passed that puts a two-year moratorium on tax benefits for future data center projects. The moratorium would stop tax benefits for future data center projects or expansions of current ones.