| BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
How's your Tuesday, friends? Here's what's happening on NOLA.com.
Alvin Kamara’s contract: Saints star Alvin Kamara has listed his house for sale. So what, right? But when it comes at the same time he’s pushing for a new contract, well, it has prompted some questions, Saints beat writer Matthew Paras explains. Speaking of the Saints, check out cartoonist Walt Handelsman's latest caption contest.
Big biz: In business news, Patrick Comer has been named CEO of a Swedish tech company. It’s the same company that purchased Comer’s New Orleans-based Lucid for more $1 billion, the city’s first “unicorn” company to fetch that amount. Business writer Rich Collins has the details.
Industrial wave: The demand for cleaner fuels and reduced emissions is ushering in a wave of industrial development in Louisiana, David Mitchell from our environmental team reports. But it’s also the source of worry from residents who will live close to those plants.
Tropics watch: Fall is on our minds these days, but September is still one of those "tropics watch" months. And the hurricane watchers are keeping tabs on three waves.
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