Acadiana Business Advocate

Thursday, February 1st, 2024

State business leader sheds light on possible changes for LED

By ADAM DAIGLE l Acadiana Business Editor

Welcome to a another edition of your Acadiana Business Newsletter. Let's get on to the headlines.

When Susan Bonnett Bourgeois was named secretary of Louisiana Economic Development last week, she said the agency could be restructured under her watch.

Adam Knapp, an economic development leader who is helping to lead that charge, shed a little more light on that possibility Wednesday.

Read the full story here.

Have a great day and see you tomorrow.

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