Small business optimism is up according to the National Federation of Independent Business. NFIB Louisiana spokesperson Dawn Starns says business owners in Louisiana area feeling better now that the 2019 legislative session is in the rearview mirror.
Cut 6 (07) “…any damage anymore.”
Starns says the new tax code on the national level also contributes to the rise.
If a recent forecast is any indication, the 2019 Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico may be the second largest on record. The zone, which is estimated to be about the size of New Jersey, is an area with very little oxygen. LSU Professor Dr. Nancy Rabalais says the higher nitrogen levels in the Mississippi River come from fertilizer and chemical runoff from large farms along the river.
Cut 12 (10) “…not much happening.”
The dead zone is not a danger to humans.
2020 Louisiana Democratic Presidential Primary voters will be weighing in later in the season than usual after the state’s primary date gets pushed back…
A Jennings man is in jail accused of stealing crawfish. Sheriff’s deputies in Jefferson Davis Parish have made the arrest of 22 year old John Coleman, after he allegedly nabbed eleven sacks of crawfish from a cooler. Coleman admitted to detectives that he took the mudbugs and is now being held without bond.