It was a St. Tammany landowner versus an endangered frog today at the US Supreme Court. Matt Doyle has more.
If the eight justices who heard the case today give a split ruling, then the federal government wins the case, based on lower court rulings.
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.
LSU Health New Orleans has received a $1.3 million grant from the US Department of Health and Human services to be used to increase the availability of sexual assault nurse examiners, or SANEs, across twelve southeast Louisiana parishes. With many of those parishes being limited on resources, LSU’s Dr. Jessica Landry says they are hoping to train more nurses with the funds.
Cut 13 (11) “…currently practicing now.”
The Louisiana Health Department announces they did not identify elevated levels of lead in 12 elementary schools built before 1986. State Health Officer Dr. Jimmy Guidry says 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. He says they will conduct testing in 12 more schools next year and 12 more after that…