Louisiana operations receive electric car-related funds
By KELLY P. KISSEL | Metro editor Plants at St. Gabriel and Vidalia have been tapped for major investments involving electric car batteries. The plants were tapped as part of a U.S. Energy Department initiative to boost battery production domestically. No one is happy about Baton Rouge's proposed stormwater fee, and the discontent now apparently extends to the mayor-president. She says she was misled about why there was a sudden urgency to impose fees on residents to shore up the region's stormwater network. How cold was it this morning? Cold enough to break records at Baton Rouge and Slidell. |
|
|
|
| WASHINGTON – Chemical plants in St. Gabriel and Vidalia have been cleared by the U.S. Department of Energy to receive a total of about $320 million in federal money to produce materials used to manufacture electric vehicle batteries. Read more |
|
|
|
|
East Baton Rouge officials have said for weeks that the federal government is compelling them to impose a new stormwater fee on residents, but they couldn't talk about those negotiations because of a… Read more |
|
South Louisiana was hit with an early chill early Wednesday, with two cities breaking low temperature records, according to forecasters with the National Weather Service in Slidell. Read more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
One horse was killed and six were taken to the LSU veterinary school for treatment after a crash on Interstate 12 in Baton Rouge early Wednesday, officials say. Read more |
|
A mother and her boyfriend took five of the woman's kids, fled the Houston area and drove nearly 300 miles to Baton Rouge on Tuesday before Louisiana state troopers caught and arrested them, authorit… Read more |
|
The plan is to move about two dozen young inmates to a building on the grounds of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Read more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| Scott Gray says was headed home from a Sunday evening job on a broken air conditioner in Prairieville when the side mir… Read more |
|
| It’s not uncommon in college football to see true freshmen playing at skill positions, but LSU coach Brian Kelly said he isn’t sure he’s ever started two freshmen on the offensive line — let alone two tackles. Read more |
|
| LSU receiver Jack Bech and running back Armoni Goodwin practiced Tuesday, coach Brian Kelly said. Read more |
|
|
|
|
| Copyright © 2022 theadvocate.com. All Rights Reserved |
|
|
|
|---|
|
|
