Josie Abugov

3 days ago | nola.com | Josie Abugov

Over three decades after Duriel Harris left the Dallas Cowboys, the Texas native settled in Acadiana and became a cowboy in his own right. The former wide receiver bought two dozen Black Angus heifers in 2016, and since then, his Ville Platte operation has only grown. Last year, Harris Cattle Company had its best year yet, grossing nearly $400,000. His success is largely thanks to a market niche he found: a federal program that pays for schools to source food from local farms.

4 days ago | theadvocate.com | Josie Abugov

The dying Maurepas Swamp between Baton Rouge and New Orleans is another step closer to being revitalized thanks to a $60 million grant, the last major funding needed to construct the nearly $500 million project within one of the largest forested wetlands in the country. The project, led by the state's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, aims to reunite the swamp with the Mississippi River after more than 80 years of separation.

2 weeks ago | nola.com | Josie Abugov

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2 weeks ago | theadvocate.com | Josie Abugov

Entergy's plan to power Meta’s massive data center in northeast Louisiana is being portrayed in starkly different terms in new filings, with advocacy groups warning of the potential for major outages and company officials maintaining that safeguards will be in place to prevent them. The utility is asking state regulators to build three new gas-fired power plants at a cost of $3.2 billion plus other transmission infrastructure for an airport-sized facility in Richland Parish.

3 weeks ago | shreveportbossieradvocate.com | Josie Abugov

Entergy's plan to power Meta’s massive data center in northeast Louisiana is being portrayed in starkly different terms in new filings, with advocacy groups warning of the potential for major outages and company officials maintaining that safeguards will be in place to prevent them. The utility is asking state regulators to build three new gas-fired power plants at a cost of $3.2 billion plus other transmission infrastructure for an airport-sized facility in Richland Parish.