Another company makes a huge investment in Louisiana. CF industries is putting up a massive ammonia facility on the West Bank of Ascension Parish. In a ceremony at the Capitol this morning, Governor Landry says the new facility will create many high-paying jobs…
Cut 10 (10) “…100-thousand dollars.”
House Appropriations Chairman Jack McFarland warns that budget cuts are coming because Constitutional Amendment Two did not pass last month. McFarland says passage of the amendment would have provided Louisiana with additional dollars to spend this year…
McFarland made the comments to the Baton Rouge Press Club.
State Police have charged a 26-year-old woman with vehicular homicide after she was allegedly driving drunk and hit a Monroe woman on I-20 in Ouachita Parish yesterday. State Trooper Ryan Davis says Mecca King was found to have an odor of alcohol on her breath. Upon questioning, King admitted to consuming two alcoholic beverages.
Cut 4 (07) “…careless operation.”
Mega Millions players will face a price hike as tickets increase from 2 to 5 dollars, starting with today’s drawing. Kim Chopin with Louisiana Lottery says, in return, players will get slightly better odds of winning the jackpot—improving from 1 in 303 million to 1 in 290 million—and more frequent billion-dollar prizes.