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New Iberia Research Center to Become Hotspot For Biotech
Two new projects in Iberia Parish are catapulting Acadiana into a biopharmaceutical powerhouse.
The new facilities at the New Iberia Research Center will allow researchers to test and manufacture drugs and vaccines.
State and parish leaders say the projects will create hundreds of jobs and save thousands of lives across the globe.
Read more: New Iberia Research Center to become hotspot for biotech
LOGA Responds to Permanent Injunction Issued on Biden Ban on New Oil And Gas Leasing
BATON ROUGE, LA (August 30, 2022) - Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Terry Doughty sided with Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and 12 other states in a Louisiana-led lawsuit, issuing a permanent injunction against the Biden administration’s moratorium on new oil and gas leases on federal lands and water.
In response, LOGA President Mike Moncla issued the following statement:
“This ruling is a huge win for domestic energy production in the Gulf of Mexico. The Biden administration, from the day he was sworn in, has declared war on the oil and gas industry.
Prices at the pump have skyrocketed. Our Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been depleted. We’ve slowly become less and less energy independent. Now, we can get back to being the energy powerhouse of the world.
I’m relieved to see that our system of checks and balances saw to it that Biden way overstepped his authority when banning these lease sales.
I’d like to thank Attorney General Jeff Landry for his diligent work in fighting for domestic production in the Gulf of Mexico.”
On This Date: Hurricane Andrew Strikes Louisiana Gulf Coast
Louisiana wages went up from early 2021, but inflation made the increase nonexistent
The average weekly wage for Louisiana workers rose 8.6% from the first quarter of 2021 through the first quarter of 2022, according to newly released data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, but workers also experienced one of the worst 12-month periods for inflation over that same span.
Louisiana was tied for the 16th highest rate of U.S. states and significantly higher than the U.S. average of 6.7%, but due to inflation, Louisianans weren’t bringing home any extra cash.
Over that same period, from March 2021 to March 2022, consumer prices rose 8.5%, which was the largest increase over a 12-month period the nation had seen since December 1981. The 12-month inflation rate would increase to 8.6% and 9.1% in May and June, respectively.
Read more: Louisiana wages went up from early 2021, but inflation made the increase nonexistent
MAGEE: Louisiana Should be Inclusive to All Forms of Energy
JACKSON: Hospital "Grossly Misinterpreted" Louisiana Law
After a Baton Rouge woman was denied an abortion for a fetus without a skull, state Sen. Katrina Jackson and 35 other lawmakers said the hospital “grossly misinterpreted” the state’s exceptions to the abortion ban in a statement released Tuesday afternoon.
“We are issuing this statement today to provide further clarity, although the law in conjunction with the emergency rule is very clear that this young lady is within the exception,” the statement read.
Read more: Louisiana lawmakers say hospital 'grossly misinterpreted' law that allows exceptions to abortion ban
LSU Mounds Identified as Oldest Man-Made Structures in North America
Researchers from the University collected sediment core samples, revealing layers of ash from burned reed and cane plants, as well as remains of burned osteons that indicates that the mounds were likely used for ceremonial purposes.
A radiocarbon analysis of the material suggests that the mounds were built over thousands of years, with construction of Mound B starting around 11,000 years ago.
Read more: MOUNDS IDENTIFIED AS OLDEST MAN-MADE STRUCTURES IN NORTH AMERICA
LAWSUIT ABUSE IS NOT A SOLUTION FOR LOUISIANA’S COAST
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In Louisiana, we have a knack for running job creators off to our neighboring states. One of the clearest examples of pushing businesses is out of Louisiana is the slew of frivolous lawsuits levied against oil and gas companies that have caused countless jobs and opportunities to leave our state. A 2019 study found that two years after the lawsuits were first launched, 2,000 jobs were lost directly attributable to the impact of the litigation risk. Proponents of the lawsuits claim the lawsuits will help bring resources to rebuild Louisiana’s coastline. In reality, these lawsuits and the proposed Freeport-McMoRan settlement currently on the table stifle job creation while doing little to nothing for the coast.
Read more: LAWSUIT ABUSE IS NOT A SOLUTION FOR LOUISIANA’S COAST
LA Supreme Court Denies Appeal From Shreveport Abortion Business: Pro-Life Laws Remain in Effect
EMERSON: Anti-abortion law in Louisiana protects the lives of babies and mothers in emergencies
The following was a guest column from Louisiana State Rep. Julie Emerson (R), District 39 - Carencro
To quote Solicitor General Liz Murrill, there’s been a lot of “paint thrown at the wall” to challenge Louisiana’s Human Life Protection Act (Act 545 of 2022), which protects babies from abortion after the reversal of Roe v. Wade. I was a proud co-author of the bill and carried it on the House floor for Sen. Katrina Jackson, D-Monroe. Importantly, every female state senator and a majority of the female members of the House of Representatives voted in support of Act 545. Elective abortion is not health care, and unborn babies deserve a chance at life just like you and me.
Read more: Guest column: Anti-abortion law in Louisiana protects the lives of babies and mothers in emergencies
Louisiana Family Forum President Mills Address The Press Club
Louisiana could see $1.9B from Gulf oil, additional money from wind, under Senate bill
Louisiana could receive an additional $1.9 billion in revenue from Gulf of Mexico oil and gas and a separate share of revenue from Gulf wind energy operations under federal legislation expected to be considered Thursday.
The U.S. Senate’s Energy and Natural Resource Committee on Thursday will consider the the bipartisan Reinvesting In Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems Act, authored by Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, and Bill Cassidy, R-La.. That bill would lift a present $500 million annual cap on oil and gas revenue shared with Gulf states.
Read more: Louisiana could see $1.9B from Gulf oil, additional money from wind, under Senate bill
A Message from Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmetta to Utility Consumers
Louisiana still home to nation’s highest combined sales tax rate
The Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation ranks Louisiana as having the highest combined state and local sales tax rate in its Midyear 2022 report, matching the foundation’s ranking from earlier this year.
Of the 45 states and District of Columbia that collect statewide sales taxes, Louisiana’s rate of 4.45% ranks 38th, according to the report. However, Louisiana also boasts the second-highest average local sales tax rate at 5.1%. When the state and local sales tax rates are combined, Louisiana jumps to the No. 1 spot.
Read more: Louisiana still home to nation’s highest combined sales tax rate
Peterson pushed Edwards campaign, Democratic Party to work with firms in fraud scheme
Karen Carter Peterson pushed for the Louisiana Democratic Party to award a contract worth tens of thousands of dollars to a New Orleans political consulting firm just a few weeks before the 2019 primary election for governor. That’s according to the state party’s executive director at the time, who says he questioned Peterson, then the party chair, before learning Gov. John Bel Edwards’ campaign was OK with the deal.
Read more: Peterson pushed Edwards campaign, Democratic Party to work with firms in fraud scheme
Karen Carter Peterson expected to plead guilty to gambling with campaign, Dem party funds
Peterson, an outspoken champion of liberal causes, had been a state senator for 12 years before her resignation earlier this year, and before that she spent a decade in the House. She lost a 2021 congressional race to U.S. Rep. Troy Carter.
If Peterson acknowledges steering money intended for the struggling Louisiana Democratic Party to her own use, it will add considerably to the controversy around her eight-year tenure as party chair, from 2012 to 2020.
Read more: Karen Carter Peterson expected to plead guilty to gambling with campaign, Dem party funds
Veto Override Session Will Not Take Place in Louisiana
In true gutless, Louisiana political fashion, a majority of those that “serve” the citizens of the state decided to stay home and do nothing to fight back against a liberal Governor. Bills vetoed by “Honor Code” Edwards, that were overwhelmingly supported by legislators, will not have the chance to be overridden in special session.
Louisiana Abortion Ban Back in Effect
Louisiana’s abortion ban has been put back into effect and the case has been transferred to East Baton Rouge Parish.
Louisiana State Trooper Pulls Over Head of State Police; No Citation Issued
The head of Louisiana State Police (LSP) was stopped for speeding along a dangerous stretch of a Louisiana interstate last month, a state police spokesman confirmed Thursday, July 7.
Col. Lamar Davis was driving an unmarked Louisiana State Police vehicle to a meeting in Lake Charles when an LSP trooper pulled him over on June 28 on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge along Interstate 10 near Ramah.
