Shintech - Wed July 25, 2018
Shintech Louisiana, LLC Announces $1.49B Expansion at Facility Near Plaquemine, La.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and Shintech Louisiana, LLC executives recently announced the company will invest $1.49 billion to develop a new chlor alkali and vinyl chloride monomer production facility, and expand existing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) manufacturing facilities in Plaquemine....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 18, 2018
Delegation Introduces Legislation to Designate I-14 Corridor in Three States
A U.S. Congressional delegation from Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi has introduced legislation that would expand the congressionally designated Interstate 14 corridor across the three states. U.S. Rep....
Vermeer Texas-Louisiana - Fri June 29, 2018
Vermeer Texas-Louisiana Opens Facility in Baton Rouge
Vermeer Texas- Louisiana, an underground construction, tree care and landscaping equipment dealer with 12 locations across Texas and south Louisiana, celebrated the grand opening of its relocated Baton Rouge branch on May 17....
Associated Press - Mon June 04, 2018
Company Plans $9.4B La. Chemical Complex
DONALDSONVILLE, La. (AP) A company based in Taiwan plans to build a $9.4 billion chemical manufacturing complex on a 2,400-acre site in Louisiana, officials announced April 23. Gov. John Bel Edwards and Formosa Petrochemical Corp....
Mon April 23, 2018
Company Describes Plans for Proposed Tangipahoa Casino
The Los Angeles-based company Peninsula Pacific said a new casino it hopes to build in Tangipahoa Parish in Louisiana would have an indoor and outdoor event center, a farmer's market buffet and a potential bass fishing tournament dock....
Melinda DeSlatte - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon April 09, 2018
Local Gas Tax Idea Rebuffed by La. House Tax Committee
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Louisiana parishes and municipalities won't be able to raise their own gas taxes to pay for road and bridge work. Lawmakers on the House tax committee spurned a proposed constitutional amendment March 26 that would have removed an existing ban keeping local governments from levying taxes on motor fuels....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Fri February 09, 2018
Gilchrist Works on Its Portion of DOTD's I-10
Crews from Gilchrist Construction Company LLC have been working steadily on the $54.7 million Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) project along 2.7 mi. of Interstate I-10 to reconstruct and widen the four-lane (two lanes in each direction) section of highway....
Mon January 29, 2018
Repairs to Flooded Homes Set for Completion by Year End
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Louisiana is expected to award all of its flood-rebuilding grants to homeowners by August, two years after the historic flooding. Most of the repair and reconstruction work should be completed by the end of the year....
Mon January 29, 2018
Officials Break Ground on $872M Natural Gas Facility
WESTLAKE, La. (AP) Government officials and executives of the Entergy utility corporation gathered in southwest Louisiana to break ground for an $872 million natural gas-fired generating station. The governor's office said the Entergy Louisiana project will employ about 700 people in Calcasieu Parish at the peak of construction....
Melinda DeSlatte - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri January 12, 2018
$600M in Louisiana Interstate Projects Moving Toward Reality
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana intends to use a federal transportation borrowing tool to construct $600 million in interstate projects that have been sought for decades to relieve traffic headaches, Gov....
