Giving back: Tin Roof Brewing Co. and the Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations will host a launch party on Oct. 7 to kick off #GiveBR, a citywide philanthropy campaign aimed at supporting the Capital Region’s nonprofit organizations. #GiveBR is modeled after #GivingTuesday, a social media-fueled day of giving that typically takes place after major shopping events, such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The Oct. 7 event will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Tin Roof Brewery, 1624 Wyoming St. It will feature live music, raffles, food trucks and Tin Roof beer. Tin Roof will donate 10% of the event’s sales to nonprofit organizations participating in #GiveBR. All nonprofit organizations with a 501(c)(3) designation in the nine-parish Capital Region are invited to participate, free of charge, by registering online no later than Oct. 1.
Halfway there: Construction of Sasol’s multibillion-dollar Lake Charles chemical complex is 50% complete, according to the company’s annual fiscal year report. The American Press reports that Sasol reached the halfway mark on June 30. The $11 billion complex will consist of an ethane cracker producing 1.6 million tons of ethylene a year, two polymer plants, an ethylene oxide-ethylene glycol plant and three smaller derivative plants. The facility’s seven manufacturing units are spread across roughly 400 acres in Westlake. The project will triple Sasol’s chemical production capacity in the U.S. Read the full story.
Money fight: Attorney General Jeff Landry says two of his budget requests to Louisiana lawmakers are being bottled up by Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration, including money Landry says is needed to defend recently passed abortion restrictions, The Associated Press reports. Landry wrote to members of the Legislature’s joint budget committee complaining that Edwards’ Division of Administration has stalled the adjustments he wanted lawmakers to consider Friday. The attorney general suggested the delay was politically motivated. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says politics had nothing to do with either rejection, but that the decisions were based on broader budget policy and the law. The dispute is the latest in a series of clashes between the Republican attorney general and Democratic governor since the two men took office in January. They’ve disagreed over state budgeting, oil spill recovery spending and lawsuits. Read the full story.
