The Public Service Commission approves Entergy’s proposal to build three power plants to provide electricity for the Meta A-I data center that will be built in Richland Parish. Before the opponents spoke, Commissioner Foster Campbell said he was voting for the plan, because the data center will provide hundreds of jobs for northeast Louisiana…
Cut 14 (14) “…Delhi”
La-politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says House Speaker Phillip DeVillier has told lawmakers there could be a special session on redistricting in the fall. Alford says if the Republican led legislature goes through that difficult process again, it would be to redraw a Congressional map with one majority minority district, not two.
Lafayette native Walker Howard has been named the starting quarterback for the Ragin Cajuns. Howard, who failed to see playing time at LSU and Ole Miss is thrilled to play for the school in his home city…
Cut 22 (12) “…back home”
Former LSU coach Ed Orgeron says he’s been away long enough – he wants to return to the sidelines. Andrew Greenstein reports.