Eye on wetlands: The America’s WETLAND Foundation announced this morning it would be ceasing operations after “completing its mission.” The nonprofit organization has worked for nearly two decades to increase public and policymaker awareness of coastal wetland loss, its impacts, and the urgent need to address it in Louisiana.
Recession fears: Amid oil prices collapsing and coronavirus fears, officials and business leaders in Houston are worried the economy could be pushed into a recession, Houston Chronicle reports. “A recession is entirely possible here in Houston at this point in time, and that’s something we wouldn’t have said a couple of months ago,” says Bill Gilmer, director of the Institute for Regional Forecasting at the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business.
The other virus: While there has not been a case of COVID-19 confirmed in the Capital Region, officials confirmed this morning that there has been a positive West Nile mosquito sample in Baton Rouge, WAFB-TV reports. The sample was collected last week near Hollywood Street and N. Foster Drive.
