The city of New Orleans offers brake tags at one- and two-year intervals. Photo: Chelsea Brasted/Axios
🚗 New Orleans ended its brake tag requirements for the rest of the year. NOPD won't issue citations for missing or expired stickers. The city will announce new procedures for 2027 later this year. (Press release)
🚀 SpaceX is planning a rocket-launch site on 130,000 acres of state-owned property in Vermilion Parish, anonymous sources tell The Times-Picayune, with an official announcement expected this month. (The Times-Picayune 🔒)
🏛️ The Louisiana Supreme Court upheld the new state law eliminating three New Orleans criminal court judge positions. (WWL)
☢️ Nuclear waste could one day be stored in offshore salt domes through a new partnership between Louisiana and the U.S. Department of Energy. (Louisiana Illuminator)
🆓 Audubon Aquarium visitors can park for freeat Canal Place this month and next. (Details)