Oil prices plunged below zero on Monday as demand for energy collapses amid the coronavirus pandemic and traders didn’t want to get stuck owning crude oil with nowhere to store it.
Some communities in the state continue their slow recovery from lower oil prices. Meanwhile, other communities are experiencing record growth because of natural gas and the chemical industry.
Two Louisiana communities have seen an upturn in their local economy in the last half of 2015. What's it going to take for the rest of the state to join that turn around?