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During August 2022, farmgate prices for various horticulture products have decreased by 5.5% on average, whereas retail prices have decreased by 1.2% on average, analysis by...

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The Louisiana Bond Commission has approved a $39 million future line of credit for a critical New Orleans area power plant project that had become an unlikely pawn in the ongoing political tug-of-war over enforcing Louisiana’s near-total abortion ban. The commission previously withheld approval, twice, amid Democratic city leaders' opposition to enforcing the abortion ban. The project is critical to power drainage pumps that remove rainwater in a city that faces chronic flood problems. Battles between Democratic city leaders and Republicans in reliably red states have been happening acr...

Board members noted that the project, critical to the city's power drainage pumps, was too important to possibly delay.