Louisiana is urging President Donald Trump to use his executive authority to cut the red tape so construction can begin on five coastal restoration projects. Executive director of the Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority, Johnny Bradberry, says two of the projects are sediment diversion, others prevent saltwater intrusion into our marshes, and another introduces freshwater into the Maurepas Swamp…
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Bradberry says these projects are vital to Louisiana’s way of life along the coast.

The Louisiana Film and Entertainment Association launches the “Fight for Film” campaign. It’s an effort to get the state legislature to make changes to the state’s film tax credit program, because right now there’s no guarantee a movie-maker will receive tax credits.

A new report finds fewer overweight Americans are trying to lose weight and the obesity rate is highest for black women at 55-percent. Researchers go on to say that it’s becoming more acceptable to be fat. But Rudy Macklin, director of the governor’s office of physical fitness and sports, says income and family environment prevent people from losing weight…
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According to latest numbers from the C-D-C, the rate of newborns born with congenital syphilis is higher in Louisiana than the rest of the nation’s. Dr. DeAnn Gruber, with the state office of public health, says they are doing interventions, provider outreach, and education to decrease the rate of syphilis and it looks like their methods are paying off…
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