Millage renewal: FuturePAC today released the results of a poll conducted on the Capital Area Transit System millage renewal by JMC Analytics and Polling taken Aug. 19-22 among 400 households considered likely voters in East Baton Rouge Parish. The poll found a strong majority of voters, 57%, favored the renewal. See the CATS polling executive summary.
On the rise: Transportation costs—typically a fraction of a finished product’s price—are emerging as another supply chain hurdle, overwhelming some companies already paying more for raw materials and labor, The Wall Street Journal reports. Container shipping rates from Asia to the U.S. West Coast were five times higher last week compared with the same time last year, according to the Freightos Baltic Index. Those rates are more than 14 times higher than during the same time in 2019. Read the full story.
Unenrolled: LSU has begun the process of ejecting 78 students from the institution it says have not followed COVID-19 vaccination rules, spokesperson Ernie Ballard said Wednesday. Ballard said the goal had been to get everyone in compliance, but the 78 students who aren’t are now being contacted to let them know they are no longer enrolled. Read the full story.
