Landing zone: The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Grand Isle Independent Levee District signed an agreement Thursday for the district to open a Grand Isle Airport at Elmer’s Island. There once was a sand airstrip on the 2½-mile-long sandy spit, but Thursday’s agreement calls for developing an aircraft hangar, an aircraft ramp and tie down, fuel tanks, fueling area and an area for a terminal building. Gov. John Bel Edwards says it will increase public use and recreation at the refuge. Read the full story.
SEC: President Donald Trump says he’s asking federal regulators to look into the effectiveness of the quarterly financial reports that publicly traded companies are required to file. In a tweet this morning, Trump said that after speaking with “some of the world’s top business leaders,” he’s asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to determine whether shifting to a six-month reporting regimen would make more sense. The SEC requires such companies to share profit, revenue and other figures publicly every three months. Read the full story.
Scarce: The Wall Street Journal reports an unprecedented run of orders for big rigs has pushed the backlog at truck factories to nine months, according to industry analysts, the largest since early 2006. Typically the backlog is about five months for the truck industry’s manufacturers, analysts said. Freight-hauling fleets are trying to keep up with swelling demand in a robust U.S. economy even as they say they face difficulty finding drivers. Read the full story.
