Governor Jeff Landry: New Orleans is no longer as important as it once was 

 Julie O’Donoghue Louisiana Illuminator 

 Gov. Jeff Landry says New Orleans isn’t as central to Louisiana’s economic success as it once was. 

Amid an ongoing power struggle between state Republicans and New Orleans Democrats, Gov. Jeff Landry said New Orleans is no longer as important to Louisiana’s economic success as it has been in the past. 

“Used to be, the saying was, ‘Where goes New Orleans, where goes the state.’ Let me tell you what happened today. That has changed, ” Landry said Monday after a press conference announcing the expansion of an enormous Meta data center project in northeast Louisiana.