As debate on a bill that would ban SNAP recipients from using their benefits to buy soft drinks works its way through the legislature, Governor Landry is taking it one step further. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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This week the state Senate approved a bill that would prohibit public water systems in Louisiana from adding fluoride to the water. Dentists oppose the effort, they say it will result in more cavities and tooth decay. But U-S Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Junior says there’s a link between fluoride and lower IQs in children.

Legislation that would have allowed parish government to vote on carbon sequestration well permits failed to pass the House Natural Resources Committee. Industry groups opposed the bill. Matt Coday, president of the Oil and Gas Workers Association, says environmental groups like the Sierra Club are using this bill to push their agenda…

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The bill failed on a ten to six vote.

The start of the hurricane season is about a month away and National Hurricane Center Director Michael Brennan says this year they will begin issuing official forecast tracks and watches and warnings earlier for tropical systems that have yet to form into a depression…

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Brennan says it’s in response to unnamed storms rapidly intensifying into a hurricane in a short period of time.