We don't make the rules, but it's not an open container if there's no straw. Photo: Carlie Kollath Wells/Axios
🍹 "Everybody told me I was an idiot," says the creator of the drive-thru daiquiri stand in a new oral history. More like a genius, we say. (Bon Appetit)
🚔 The Kenner Police Department joined a federal program that deputizes local officers so they can work with ICE on immigration enforcement. No other local police departments participate in south Louisiana. (Verite)
💰 A new 40-page plan from Gov. Jeff Landry's administration analyzes Louisiana's strengths (high entrepreneurship rate, export volume), weaknesses (quality of life, lack of sector diversity) and opportunities to grow the state's economy. Read it.
🍺 Pour one out for the Milan Lounge. It closed for good last night after its owner lost his lease. He doesn't plan to reopen elsewhere. (The Times-Picayune 🔒)
🦞 An 82-year-old man was rescued near LaPlace after he got stuck for hours in waist-deep mud while crawfishing. (Fox Weather)
