The Hayride

1 day ago | thehayride.com | Nolan McKendry

(The Center Square) − Louisiana’s two nuclear power plants, which federal regulators rated as performing “within the expected range” in 2023, have spent much of the past year operating below full capacity or not operating at all. At the Waterford 3 nuclear plant in St. Charles Parish, owned and operated by Entergy, the reactor has operated significantly lower than its generation capacity for much of the last year, according to Nuclear Regulatory Commission data.

3 days ago | thehayride.com | Todd Masson

I’ve caught at least one flounder on five consecutive trips, and on some of those, I caught multiple flounder. So what’s going on? Are Louisiana’s flounder stocks spring-boarding back after years of decline? Is the annual moratorium in the fall having a significant impact? Or I have I just gotten really lucky lately? Well, to try to gain an answer to that, let’s look at the data.

3 days ago | thehayride.com | Nolan McKendry

(The Center Square) − The Midcontinent Independent System Operator issued a formal statement Tuesday following a presentation to the New Orleans City Council, defending its decision to order a load shed that left nearly 100,000 southeast Louisiana residents without power on May 25. Appearing before the Council’s utility committee, MISO executives said the emergency outage − known as a load shed − was a last-resort action to prevent a wider collapse of the electric grid.

4 days ago | thehayride.com | Jeff Crouere

In a CNN interview on Sunday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) boasted that the Democrats “will take back control of the House of Representatives” in the 2026 midterm election. History shows that his prediction is likely to occur.

5 days ago | thehayride.com | Todd Masson

This time of year, certain patterns and techniques produce lots of fish, while others make you feel like the ugly girl at the dance, surrounded by supermodels. I tried a bunch of different techniques/patterns/areas this week, and some REALLY delivered.