The Louisiana Oil and Gas Association holds its annual conference in Lake Charles and there’s optimism the industry is about to break out of a two-year recession. LOGA Vice President Gifford Briggs says Exxon’s commitment to make a $20 billion investment along the Gulf coast and plans for a new pipeline across south Louisiana are promising signs…
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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. But Dr. DeAnn Gruber, with the state office of public health, says their outreach and education efforts to decrease the rate of syphilis could be paying off…
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According to the CDC, 83 out of every 100-thousand babies born has congenital syphilis.

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.