Within the next three months Entergy customers will see a five to seven dollar monthly increase in electric costs. Roughly three and a half dollars of that increase will kick in on your July bill, going toward a new power plant. The rest of the rate increase will begin in September and is related to a steady reduction in federal tax credits that were included in Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Entergy Spokesperson Lea Sabatini says those tax credits are set to get smaller every year.
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The Department of Environmental Quality has issued an air quality action day today for the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas due to conditions being favorable for the production of ground-level ozone, or smog. DEQ spokesperson Greg Langley says the primary source of the two compounds is automobile exhaust.
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Higher levels of ozone can be a challenge to young children and asthma sufferers.
Uber can now operate statewide, and the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce is celebrating the opportunities that will provide for Fort Polk…