It’s all about time: Caddo voters won’t be asked to consider term limits for their commissioners this spring, reports the Shreveport Times. The Parish Commission voted Thursday against a proposal to remove language from the home rule charter that limits commissioners to serving three consecutive four-year terms. If it had been approved, the measure would have gone before voters. The full story can be found here.
Finishing the job: State police say that 5.5 million pounds of explosive propellant have been moved at the northwestern Louisiana industrial site where the material was found to be improperly stored several weeks ago. On Thursday, crews moved about 93,600 pounds of it, bringing the total safely moved and stored to around 5.5 million. Officials estimated that roughly 6 million pounds was found at the site of an explosives recycler at Camp Minden in Webster Parish. The effort was set to resume this morning.
Order up: U.S. service firms’ activity expanded in December by the most in nearly a year, driven by a jump in new orders and hiring. The Institute for Supply Management says its index of non-manufacturing activity rose to 56.1 in December from 54.7 in November. That’s the highest level since February and above the 12-month average of 54.7. Any reading above 50 indicates expansion. The report measures growth in industries that cover 90% of the workforce, including retail, construction, health care and financial services.
