News roundup: Centric Pipe to invest $32.5M in Bossier facility, create 82 jobs … Senators propose 12-cent gas tax increase … ExxonMobil, BP have reportedly evacuated Iraq amid unrest

Here's the plan: Centric Pipe announced today that it plans to make a $32.5 million capital investment to renovate and expand the former Northwest Pipe facility in Bossier City. Louisiana Economic Dev…