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Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
 
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John Bel Edwards asks for help explaining carbon capture

by Adam Daigle | Acadiana business editor​ ​ ​

Good morning, Acadiana business news readers. Let's skip the small talk and get started.

As he addressed a roomful of carbon capture specialists at a forum Tuesday, Gov. John Bel Edwards paused, then abandoned his prepared remarks to make a simple request of the crowd. He wanted their help, he said, in selling Louisiana’s public on the new technology.

“We have a responsibility to communicate with the people who are voicing concerns and objections to let them know why we believe carbon capture and storage is safe. Why we believe in the science,” Edwards said.

Edwards traveled to the nation's capital this week to speak at the 11th Annual D.C. Forum on Carbon Capture and Storage, hosted by the Global CSS Institute. He was the keynote speaker; it is one of several recent trips the governor has made to highlight the benefits of the technology, which has been controversial in Louisiana. 

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Have a great day and thanks for reading.

 
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National app-based business that assists short-term rental owners opens in Lafayette

An app-based startup that connects short term rental property hosts to vetted housekeepers and automates the booking process has opened a location at the Opportunity Machine in downtown Lafayette. Read more

Family of Lafayette man injured in Texas mall shooting: 'So many unanswered questions'

The family of Irvin Walker II, of Lafayette, released a statement Tuesday morning through Walker's attorney, Daryl K. Washington, according to KATC. Read more

Former Louisiana official wrongly got $293,715 in overtime among other misconduct, report says

The former leader of the state board that oversees private security firms received $293,715 in improper overtime pay during his tenure, the Louisiana Inspector General said in a report released Tuesday that also detailed a swath of other policy violations. The successor on the state board was also paid $9,573 in overtime that she was not… Read more

 
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