Crude oil prices are trading above 70-dollars a barrel for the first time in nearly three years. But LSU Center for Energy Studies Director David Dismukes says don’t expect this surge in prices to result in new jobs for the state’s oil and gas industry, because of climate policies like net neutrality by 2050…
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Dismukes says to expect to pay about a dollar per gallon more for gasoline this summer.

Carjackings are on the rise in Louisiana and it’s a big issue in New Orleans, where carjackings are up 120-percent in the first five months of this year compared to the same time period in 2020. Louisiana Attorney General Deputy Press Secretary Emmie Fuson says carjacking is a crime of opportunity for criminals…
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Fuson urges drivers to pay attention to their surroundings and have keys and phone in hand.

Another highly effective COVID-19 vaccine is getting closer to FDA emergency use authorization but there’s a chance it won’t be made available to Americans. Matt Doyle has more.
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The National Hurricane Center is giving a disorganized area of showers and thunderstorms in the Bay of Campeche a 70-percent chance of developing into at least a tropical depression. The system is expected to remain stationary for the next couple of days, but there’s a good chance the state could see heavy rainfall totals late this week.