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Election season: A Gonzales mayoral candidates’ forum is happening Wednesday night ahead of the election in November. The event, hosted by the Ascension Chamber of Commerce, is open to the public and will be a chance for constituents to hear from the candidates. Terance Irvin, Kemlyn Lomas, Timothy Riley and Harold Stewart, all Democrats, are on the ballot. Read more from WAFB-TV.
Strike precautions: U.S. companies that rely on East and Gulf Coast seaports have been importing early, shifting goods to the West Coast, and even putting cargo on pricey flights to hedge against a threatened Oct. 1 strike that could jam supply chains and reignite inflation ahead of the U.S. presidential election. Read more from Reuters.
Supply chain snags: New Jersey hit the pause button Wednesday on an offshore wind energy project that is having a hard time finding someone to manufacture blades for its turbines. The project, from Chicago-based Invenergy and New York-based energyRE, would be built 40 miles off Long Beach Island and would comprise up to 100 turbines, enough to power 1 million homes. Read more from The Associated Press.
