Amazon is looking for a new location for a second corporate headquarters. State Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says southeast Louisiana could be a perfect fit. He says the number one rated LED Fast Start program can quickly train skilled employees.
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Amazon’s second headquarters will employ 50-thousand workers.

North America is bidding to the host the FIFA World Cup in 2026 and New Orleans will bid to be one of the host sites for the soccer matches. The games must be played on natural grass, but President of the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, Jay Cicero, says that can be accomplished in the Superdome…
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Louisiana utility crews are heading to Georgia to help with any potential power outages from Hurricane Irma. Cleco spokesperson Jennifer Cahill says crews are meeting at the St. Tammany Service Center Monday to make the trip to Macon, Georgia.
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Cahill says Cleco also assisted Georgia Power following Hurricane Matthew.

The state department of transportation says there’s been an alarming increase in accidents on I-10 from Lafayette to the Atchafalaya Basin, where two rehabilition and widening projects are ongoing. DOTD spokesperson Deidra Druilhet says motorists need to slow down….
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Durilhet says they’re also putting a solid line through the construction zone to deter lane changes.