Louisiana governor urges feds to resume offshore leases in months
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) Louisiana’s governor urged the federal government on Thursday to resume offshore oil and gas leasing within months.
The head of the federal agency that runs offshore lease sales didn’t say whether sales will resume.
it’s important to support the oil and gas industry even as the nation moves to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, said Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat who has set ambitious climate goals in a state where petroleum fuels the economy and underwrites coastal restoration.
Whitmer traveled out of state to visit her father
Lansing Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer traveled out of state earlier this year to visit her father who is battling a chronic illness, spokesman Bobby Leddy said Monday.
The acknowledgment came after spring break trips made by two members of Whitmer s administration drew criticism amid surging COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations in the state. Whitmer s trip took place more than four weeks ago, before Michigan began leading the nation in new cases per population, Leddy said.
Michigan Information & Research Service News first reported Whitmer s trip Monday and noted it was of a personal nature in Florida. Whitmer s father has a property in West Palm Beach, according to public records.
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer traveled out of state more than a month ago to visit her ailing father, Dick Whitmer, who lives in Florida.
Michigan Republicans are criticizing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for quietly leaving the state more than a month ago to visit her ailing father who lives in Florida amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and without being vaccinated.
Whitmer s spokesman confirmed Monday that she traveled once to assist her elderly father who is battling a chronic illness within the past six months when Michigan s COVID-19 testing positivity rate was in the low single digits. The governor did not go on spring break, and she has not left the state in over a month, Whitmer Press Secretary Bobby Leddy said in an email. In the past six months she has left the state three times, once for the inauguration, once to assist her elderly father who is battling a chronic illness, and once to visit with Michigan s National Guard troops.