If you’re hoping to see gasoline prices go back down anytime soon, prepare for a disappointment. Louisiana AAA’s Don Redman says the inflated fuels costs aren’t due to a lack of product available…:

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He says production from OPEC and the price they charge is behind the spikes. He expects no reversal in the near future.

When we talk about professions negatively impacted by natural disasters like hurricanes, we rarely mention loggers. State Treasurer John Schroder says he’ll make stops in Alexandria, Columbia, Monroe & Shreveport to promote a Louisiana Loggers Relief Grant program. Schroder says it’s a one-time grant of up to $25-thousand, but so far only a little over a million has been handed out…:

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Loggers who need more information should go to the State Treasurer’s website.

More families are now in travel trailers after being displaced by Hurricane Ida. Brooke Thorington has more on the new state program intended to speed up the process…:

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With all the pandemic–related shortages and delivery delays we’re experiencing, experts warn of one that will really sting: a liquor shortage. A great deal of the booze we enjoy comes in via cargo ships and we all heard what’s going on there. Container ships are waiting in line to get into ports on the west coast as well as in Louisiana.