Landry, Trump announce new $5B Hyundai steel plant in Donaldsonville

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In a Monday afternoon White House press conference, Gov. Jeff Landry and President Donald Trump announced that South Korean automaker Hyundai plans to build a $5.8 billion steel plant in Ascension Parish. Though media reports on the deal surfaced in January, it had not been publicly confirmed by officials until now. The announcement comes as

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