 | By DREW BROACH | Staff writer |
CLOSING ON CANAL: McDonald's has closed its last restaurant on lower Canal Street in New Orleans, with the franchise owner citing "a multitude of reasons" for the shuttering less than three months after Starbucks closed its flagship store directly across the busy thoroughfare. The closure comes amid concern among tourism boosters that crime and violence have been driving business away from New Orleans. Want more stories like this? Subscribe to our free NOLA Business Insider newsletters, emailed weekday mornings.
LA.’s AGENDA: Battling higher flood insurance premiums, reviving offshore drilling, decriminalizing marijuana and reinstating troops who refused COVID-19 shots are among the goals of Louisiana's senators and representatives in Congress in 2023.
BOWLING: LSU took command early in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Saturday and buried Purdue 63-7. Tulane, by contrast, labored throughout the Goodyear Cotton Bowl to keep up with USC before scoring with seven seconds remaining for a monumental 46-45 victory.
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