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By Nick Fortuna PHILIP STEURY PHOTOGRAPHY/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM Paul Matthews said that without the support of two key mentors, he wouldn’t have become the first Black chief executive of a port in Louisiana. So, as he entered his second year at the helm of the Port of South Louisiana in January, Matthews was determined to pay it forward. Matthews, 39, left a ...

In 2021, the USDOT considered INFRA grant applications based on how they would address climate change, environmental justice and racial equity. These ports managed to crack the formula.