The Louisiana Department of Health announces they did not identify elevated levels of lead in 12 elementary schools built before 1986. Health Officer Dr. Jimmy Guidry says they tested a dozen schools statewide at the request of the legislature…
Landry the results from this first round of testing is encouraging, but it doesn’t mean there is not a case of elevated levels of lead at an older school. More on this story in the next hour.
There’s only another two months left in Hurricane Season, but that’s still plenty enough time for a disruptive storm to sneak its way into the gulf and pay the Bayou State a visit. State Climatologist Barry Keim says there’s likely another month left before we can breathe a sigh of relief.
Keim says the last major October Louisiana storm was Hurricane Juan in 1983.
The Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case brought by Edward Poitevent of St. Tammany who’s protesting the designation of some of his land as critical habitat for the endangered dusky gopher frog. Poitevent’s lawyer, Mark Miller, says the case will likely break on ideological lines, with the four left leaning judges opposing it, but support from the right.
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U-S Wildlife and Fisheries says the land is crucial to the future survival of the frog, but the man argues the land shouldn’t be off limits to logging because it’s not currently habitable.
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