📊 Louisiana has two companies in the new Fortune 500 list and a third on the Fortune 1000. (Full list)
Entergy (#340)
Lumen Technologies (#354)
Pool (#648)
🚰 The Sewerage & Water Board named Kaitlin Tymrak as its new general superintendent yesterday. She's the first woman to hold the job in the utility's 125-year history. (Press release)
🐊 A Louisiana man was attacked by an alligator after he jumped from I-310 into the swamp while trying to evade police. (Facebook)
🏗️ Bayou Phoenix didn't get funding from the state Legislature during the recent session, so developer Troy Henry says he's pursuing federal grants as part of an entertainment district. (Fox 8)
Henry says he needs about $50 million to finish building out the former Six Flags location in the East. The remaining $439 million or so is coming from private funds and a banking partner, he says. (Renderings)
🦁 A private zoo in central Louisiana is "America's most dysfunctional zoo," with a history of escaped animals and otters biting visitors. (Wall Street Journal🔒)
💻 Meta is launching a $115 million workforce program in Louisiana and elsewhere with a big promise for graduates — a guaranteed job. (Axios)
