Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) are urging Louisianans to plan for an Arctic outbreak expected to move into the state beginning Thursday and continuing through the Christmas holiday weekend.
Gov. John Bel Edwards sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the final step required to classify the heavily contaminated Capitol Lakes as a Superfund site, thereby making them eligible for federal cleanup, oversight and funding.
Changes to Louisiana’s process for approving industrial tax exemptions have led to annual revenue increases for schools, law enforcement and other local services to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, a new economic study concluded.