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(The Center Square) — Louisiana regulators are grappling with how to power a wave of large scale industrial power users without shifting the cost onto existing customers, as demand for electricity surges alongside economic development efforts.

Jeff Davis Parish officials are considering whether to expand existing economic development districts in the Lacassine and Roanoke areas to include additional businesses and parcels near key interstate intersections.

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The first-ever Dwayne “Chief” Guidry Memorial Scramble will kick off Saturday at the Jennings Golf Club, located at 602 South Louise St. Sign-in time for participants is at 7:30 a.m., with the shotgun start scheduled for 8:30 a.m.

— Gasoline prices are soaring in Louisiana, rising 19.3 cents a gallon over the last week to an average of $3.92 on Tuesday, as geopolitical tensions and Gulf Coast refinery maintenance squeeze fuel supplies across the state from Lake Charles and Baton Rouge to Monroe.

(The Center Square) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a request from civil rights plaintiffs to recall its judgment in Louisiana v. Callais, leaving in place the court’s decision striking down Louisiana’s congressional map.

— Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry on Tuesday joined Senator John Kennedy as two of the state’s top Republicans defended private property rights in the dispute in Baton Rouge over legislation enabling industrial carbon capture and storage that threatens the control of ancestral rural land.

— While many policy experts agree Social Security faces long-term financing challenges, they often disagree on a core part of the program’s funding, as discussed by tax and budget analysts Wednesday at the Cato Institute.