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So anyway, so while that may be, you know, a little disappointing and certainly the Saints as well, Louisiana, this is good news.

Louisiana has just been ranked one of the 10 best states in America to do business.

This is the same Louisiana that has for decades watched businesses move to Texas, the same Louisiana that struggled with population loss, with limited economic opportunity, with all our young people leaving to find better paying jobs.

And by the way, that's not a hyperbole.

Just about anybody you talk to over the age of, I don't know, 40 or 50, that have kids that are old enough to leave home to go look for work in other states or graduated college and seeking a job, they'll tell you the same thing.

Their kid moved to wherever and as soon as they're able, they're going to move there too.

To be closer to their children, to grandchildren, et cetera.

We need to reverse that, right? Out migration has finally reversed for the very first time in a very long time in terms of out migration from Louisiana.

But now we are ranked number nine in the entire country for doing business.

This is according to a survey by Area Development, and this is their 2026 rankings.

And here's what makes this particularly interesting.

It's not just a politician standing behind a podium telling everybody what a wonderful job government is doing.

This ranking is based on a survey of 50 site selection consultants.

Those are the professionals whose work involves, you know, helping companies like Amazon or Meta or, you know, some Mitsubishi or some other... steel manufacturing, chemical manufacturing company decide to relocate here, right? And build warehouses and factories and all those good things.

So these folks who understand what companies look for when they're deciding what, you know, where to invest millions.

So site selection magazine? This is, no, no, no.

This is area development.

Area development.

Yes.

Okay.

All right.

This is their 2026 rankings.

And This matters because it's more than just getting ranked in a business magazine.

It's about whether the next generation of Louisianans will have to leave Louisiana to find the opportunity or whether opportunity will finally come looking for them in this great state of Louisiana.

Georgia is number one on this list just so you can just by comparison Texas is number two Tennessee is number three and those are states that have spent years developing reputations as economic powerhouses and Louisiana is now sitting in that same top 10 group that's

So anyway, so while that may be, you know, a little disappointing and certainly the Saints as well, Louisiana, this is good news.

Louisiana has just been ranked one of the 10 best states in America to do business.

This is the same Louisiana that has for decades watched businesses move to Texas, the same Louisiana that struggled with population loss, with limited economic opportunity, with all our young people leaving to find better paying jobs.

And by the way, that's not a hyperbole.

Just about anybody you talk to over the age of, I don't know, 40 or 50, that have kids that are old enough to leave home to go look for work in other states or graduated college and seeking a job, they'll tell you the same thing.

Their kid moved to wherever and as soon as they're able, they're going to move there too.

To be closer to their children, to grandchildren, et cetera.

We need to reverse that, right? Out migration has finally reversed for the very first time in a very long time in terms of out migration from Louisiana.

But now we are ranked number nine in the entire country for doing business.

This is according to a survey by Area Development, and this is their 2026 rankings.

And here's what makes this particularly interesting.

It's not just a politician standing behind a podium telling everybody what a wonderful job government is doing.

This ranking is based on a survey of 50 site selection consultants.

Those are the professionals whose work involves, you know, helping companies like Amazon or Meta or, you know, some Mitsubishi or some other... steel manufacturing, chemical manufacturing company decide to relocate here, right? And build warehouses and factories and all those good things.

So these folks who understand what companies look for when they're deciding what, you know, where to invest millions.

So site selection magazine? This is, no, no, no.

This is area development.

Area development.

Yes.

Okay.

All right.

This is their 2026 rankings.

And This matters because it's more than just getting ranked in a business magazine.

It's about whether the next generation of Louisianans will have to leave Louisiana to find the opportunity or whether opportunity will finally come looking for them in this great state of Louisiana.

Georgia is number one on this list just so you can just by comparison Texas is number two Tennessee is number three and those are states that have spent years developing reputations as economic powerhouses and Louisiana is now sitting in that same top 10 group that's