Talk of the town: The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will hold three public meetings to gather public input regarding the proposed improvements along Interstate 10 from La. 415 in Port Allen to Essen Lane in Baton Rouge. All the meetings will take place from 5:30 to 8 p.m., with the first taking place tonight at McKinley Middle Magnet School. A meeting Wednesday will be at the Addis Community Center, and on Thursday at the Baton Rouge Marriott. Read the full announcement.
On the road: Gov. John Bel Edwards met with Lafayette business leaders on Wednesday to discuss Louisiana’s economy and the outcomes of this year’s legislative sessions, The Daily Advertiser reports. The meeting was closed to the press, but traffic congestion and transportation infrastructure were major talking points during the meeting, Edwards says. A specific concern was the completion of Interstate 49 South to New Orleans. Read the full story.
Mars bound: By the age of 12, Baton Rouge teen Alyssa Carson had already met with Bill Parsons, director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and sat on a NASA panel at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. to discuss the future of Mars missions. Now at 17, she’s being considered for a spot on the first mission to Mars, as The Shreveport Times details in a new feature on Carson. “Alyssa is being groomed to go to Mars, and so many people are helping her to build a unique resume to help her stand out from everyone else,” says her father, Bert Carson. Read the full feature.
