State lawmakers approved legislation requiring public schools to have “In God, We Trust” displayed in the classroom. Brooke Thorington reports an activist is ready to donate signs
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The U-S Supreme Court has ruled Alabama is violating the Voting Rights Act by only having one majority-minority Congressional district. Louisiana’s Congressional District map is also facing a legal challenge, so based on the Alabama ruling, Louisiana my have to redraw its map with a second majority minority district.

DEQ declares an ozone air quality action day for people sensitive to health effects of air pollutants in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lake Charles, and Monroe. Air Planning and Assessment Division Administrator Jason Meyers says elevated ozone and smoke from wildfires in Canada are causing hazardous air quality.
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For south Louisiana it’s a standard ozone action day alert, but northeast Louisiana is feeling the effects of the Canadian wildfires.

Lawmakers have sent a bill to the governor that phases out the corporate franchise tax. Some call it the worst tax in Louisiana because of how it hampers companies who have headquarters outside of the state. Tax consultant Jason Decuir says to help offset the revenue loss, the Quality Jobs Program will be reduced by 50-percent…
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