Louisiana diesel hit a record $6.03 a gallon just as the sugarcane harvest began, and Gov. Jeff Landry's order letting farm and timber trucks burn dyed off-road diesel without the state penalty expires Oct. 22, weeks before the harvest ends. The relief is not tax-free, since the 20-cent state excise tax still applies, and a White House order calls for federal penalty relief through Dec. 31, leaving a gap the governor would have to close.

A GAO report finds DHS wasted more than $20 million rushing to expand immigration detention. Louisiana's model of converting existing prisons looks a lot smarter by comparison.

The Source Louisiana Accelerator has graduated its first cohorts as the state's supplier directory passes 3,500 registered businesses, with Woodside and Meta already steering over $2.6 billion combined toward Louisiana vendors.