| BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
‘Spend money to make money’: It was a huge "get" for the state when it was announced that Hyundai would build a $5.8 billion steel mill in Louisiana. But as Tyler Bridges reports, that project will depend on hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer-funded work. Will the rates fall? Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday put his signature on a handful of bills that aim to reduce auto insurance costs. But will they? That’s the big question, Tyler Bridges reports. Jailbreak politics: As the investigation(s) continue into the New Orleans jailbreak mess, politics always lurks in the background. Well, not always in the background, as Ben Myers reports today. In other jailbreak news, two of the 10 escapees remain on the loose. Trump pardon: President Donald Trump has pardoned a Baton Rouge rapper who had been sentenced to prison time on gun charges. Aidan McCahill in our Baton Rouge newsroom has the details of NBA YoungBoy's clemency. The ruin of many a poor boy: Few houses in New Orleans are as famous as the “House of the Rising Sun.” But did it ever really exist? John McCusker takes a crack an answering that question here. Did you get this newsletter forwarded from someone else? Sign up here. And if you're interested in becoming a NOLA.com subscriber, here's a great offer. Be awesome today, Bob | 