This school year, all Louisiana public schools will have to display “In God We Trust” and educate students about the origin of the national motto. The law was written by Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow, who says the motto must at minimum be displayed on paper.
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The Democratic Senator adds the legislation also allows teachers to freely choose to display the motto in their classroom.

The American Cancer Society Action Network says the state is falling short when it comes to protecting all workers from the dangers of secondhand smoke. Louisiana Government relations director Lance Barbour…
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Barbour says the state can also do better when it comes to its cigarette tax rates, smoke-free laws and Medicaid coverage of tobacco cessation.

The dead zone off the Louisiana and Texas coast is smaller than what scientists predicted before the summer, because of Hurricane Barry. LSU marine scientist Nancy Rabalais says Barry kicked up enough waves that it brought oxygen to low-oxygen areas of the Gulf. NOAA Center for Coastal Ocean Science director Steve Thur says his agency is also spending research money to address the harmful algae blooms in Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi Sound caused by river water going through the Bonnet Carre Spillway…
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The blooms of blue-green algae shuttered Mississippi beaches during peak tourist season.