With diesel prices at record highs, farmers are thanking Governor Landry for suspending the penalty for using non-taxed dyed diesel to fuel ag vehicles on public roadways. American Sugar Cane League General Manager Jim Simon (see-MOH) says the average price of diesel in Louisiana has soared to more than six dollars a gallon right at harvest time.

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Simon says non-tax diesel fuel can now be used to haul sugarcane to the mills.

Former Lt. Governor, New Orleans Mayor and member of the Biden Administration, Mitch Landrieu, tells Politico, he’s thinking about running for President in 2028. LSU New Orleans political science professor Ed Chervenak says Landrieu’s last elected job was as mayor and that term came to an end in 2018, but that shouldn’t be a detriment…

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We are moving into the middle of football season, but hoops season is right around the corner. LSU men’s basketball coach Will Wade is making no apologies for how he’s built his roster…

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The Vidalia city council has struck a deal with a company called Fortalis that plans on building a data center in the Concordia Parish town. Mayor Buz Craft says Fortalis plans to buy the former Fruit of the Loom facility and turn one-third of the facility into a data center.