Since reaching a record high in mid-June, gasoline prices have fallen over 30-cents in the last month. Jeff Palermo has the story…:

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Lafayette-based food delivery service WAITR announces they’ll rebrand as ASAP, and begin delivering not only restaurant orders, but also goods from all sorts of businesses. The move is to counter competitors like Uber Eats and DoorDash, who’ve also expanded their delivery base. WAITR says the rebranding is already underway.

Economic development in northwest Louisiana. Teal Jones Group has begun construction of a $110-million lumber production plant in Plain Dealing in Bossier Parish. When finished, it’ll produce a variety of wood products. About 125 direct new jobs are expected, plus about 370 indirect jobs; all at salaries starting the high-40’s. The project should be up and running by fall of 2023.

A California OB/GYN – worried about women’s reproductive rights after Louisiana’s abortion trigger law went into effect – proposes an abortion cruise ship parked in the Gulf. Dr. Meg Autry says donors would foot the bill to buy and refit the ship. It would operate in federal waters, out of reach from state laws that ban abortions. She says women living in poverty in the southeast will be impacted the most by the ban…:

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She says, right now, it’s just in the planning and fund-raising stage.