Governor Jeff Landry’s advice for parents who do not like Louisiana’s new law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displaced in every public school classroom. just tell the child not to look at it. Freedom of Religion Foundation co-founder Annie Laurie Gaylor calls the response inappropriate…
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Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill will make the argument in federal court that the law can be applied constitutionally.

Colorado State University’s hurricane forecast team maintains its prediction of a well above-average hurricane season. Researcher Levi Silvers says the revised forecast anticipates 23 named storms, including 12 hurricanes and six major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher.
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This outlook is influenced by the unusually warm sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic, which fuel storm development.

A $12,500 reward is being offered for information about the fatal shooting of an endangered Whooping Crane this past January in Evangeline Parish. Colleen Crain has more.
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Greenfield Louisiana will not build an 800-million dollar grain export facility in St. John the Baptist Parish because of multiple delays in getting permits approved by the U-S Army Corps of Engineers. The project was projected to create more than one-thousand construction jobs and more than 300 permanent jobs, along with 300-million dollar in state tax revenue.

The debate continues over whether the Ten Commandments should be displayed in every public school classroom from kindergarten to college. Attorney General Liz Murrill is fighting against a lawsuit that claims the state’s Ten Commandments law is unconstitutional.

The state argues the Ten Commandments are the foundation of our laws and among the reasons legislators passed the law was because of the uptick in juvenile crime and they felt this was one way to address it.
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Freedom of Religion Foundation is one of the plantiffs in the case and Annie Laurie Gaylor asks should the seventh commandment be on display in classrooms…
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A hearing in federal court on this lawsuit is scheduled for September 30th.

We are nine weeks into the 2024 hurricane season and there have been four named storms, but the Colorado State Hurricane forecast team still predicts this season will produce around two dozen storms. CSU Hurricane Forecast Team researcher Levi Silvers says sea surfaces temperatures are running well above average…
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Silvers says there’s a 20-percent chance Louisiana will see a major hurricane this year.

A low-oxygen area where marine life struggle to live, also known as The Dead Zone, off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average this year. LSU Oceanographer Professor Nancy Rabalais says efforts to prevent nutrients from getting into the Mississippi River that cause the dead zone have not been successful…
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The goal is to reduce the dead zone’s average size to fewer than 19-hundred square miles by 2035, but this year its 67-hundred square miles making it the 12th largest dead zone in the 38 years of recorded history.

Governor Landry has a response to parents who oppose the state’s new law that requires the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom starting January first…
cut 4 (09) “…look at it”
Co-founder of Freedom of Religion Foundation, Annie Laurie Gaylor calls the governor’s response inappropriate…
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A federal judge will hear arguments next month in a lawsuit that contends the displaying of the Ten Commandments in a classroom setting would violate the separation of church and state.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed a brief in response to the lawsuit, saying its premature because the Ten Commandments haven’t been posted in the classroom, therefore they can’t claim harm to children.

An updated long-range forecast continues to predict a well above-average hurricane season.
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The Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zone” is larger than average this year. LSU Oceanography Professor Nancy Rabalais says it’s about 67-hundred square miles, roughly the size of New Jersey, and the five-year average is 42-hundred square miles. Rabalais says the dead zone is an area where marine life can’t live because of nutrient pollution from agriculture and wastewater that flowed down the Mississippi River…
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Governor Landry’s statement to parents who disagree with the Ten Commandments law prompts a response from a plaintiff in a lawsuit against it. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The Ponchatoula Police Department has arrested a 16-year-old boy after he threatened to kill two female school mates. Police Chief Bry Layrisson says the suspect told other students the two girls would not make it past the first day. Layrisson says he can’t remember having to stop a school threat before a school year began.

The Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone, an area with critically low oxygen levels, is significantly larger this year, covering about 6,700 square miles making this the 12th largest dead zone in the 38 years of recorded measurements. LSU Oceanography Professor Nancy Rabalais says this hypoxic zone, is mainly caused by nutrient pollution from agriculture and wastewater, coming down the Mississippi River, and severely affects marine life.
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The Colorado State University Hurricane Forecast Team has revised its long-term forecast and the researchers are now calling for 23 named storms for this year, which means we could see 19 more. Researcher Levi Silvers there’s a really good chance Louisiana will at least see a tropical storm this year…
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And he says there’s a 20-percent chance Louisiana will see a major hurricane.

State Attorney General Liz Murrill is filing a brief against the lawsuit filed against the state’s Ten Commandments law requiring them to be displayed in classrooms. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Louisiana Revenue Secretary Richard Nelson told the Baton Rouge press club that he would like to see a special session early next year, before the start of the regular session in April. Nelson says tax reform is needed in this state and the proposed changes should go before voters in a special election later in 2025.

Triple-digit high temperatures are expected across the state this week, as high temperatures will threaten to break records. LSU Climatologist Barry Keim says Louisiana is baking under another heat dome…
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Keim says there’s no real break in sight. He says rain chances will increase a little bit for the weekend.

Despite the hot weather, Shreveport is preparing for 30–thousand people for the first ever Humor and Harmony Festival which will get underway Thursday and run through the weekend. The festival will feature several different comedians, musical acts and a car show. Visit Shreveport-Bossier President and CEO Stacy Brown…
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Curtis 50 cent Jackson who is building film and production studios in Shreveport is the mastermind behind the event.

Presumed Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate . LSU Political Science Professor Dr. Robert Hogan thought Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro would have been the pick.
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Many students return to class this week. LSU Health Shreveport clinical psychologist, Doctor Michelle Yetman, says get your kids in a school routine now, to make the transition easier…
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Yetman says one of the most important things a parent can do once school starts is to ask their child how they’re doing at school and really listen to their response.

The personal finance website, Wallethub, ranks Louisiana as the eighth worst state to have a baby. Colleen Crain has the details…
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LSU football is ranked 12th in the preseason coaches poll. The Tigers are coming off back to back 10 win seasons in Coach Brian Kelly’s first two seasons, but star offensive tackle Will Campbell says ten wins doesn’t cut it…
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It’s almost time for students to go back to school, and Dr. Michelle Yetman, a clinical psychologist with LSU Health Shreveport, says there are several important things parents can do to make sure your child is prepared for the school year mentally, physically and emotionally.
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She says children should get into their school routines now to make the transition easier.

The personal-finance website, Wallethub, ranks Louisiana as the eighth worst state to have a baby. Louisiana performed poorly in the study because of its high infant mortality rate, the high rate of low birth-weight babies, and not enough pediatricians and family medicine physicians. But Wallethub’s Cassandra Happe says Louisiana performs well in a few other categories…
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Lafayette’s Mondo Duplantis cemented his legacy as the greatest pole vaulter ever as the 24 year-old set a new world record in the pole vault in the Paris Olympics. The former LSU star cleared the bar at 20-feet, six inches. It’s the ninth time the Swedish-American pole vaulter broke a world record.

Shreveport is estimating 30-thousand people will attend this week’s Humor and Harmony Festival put on by Curtis 50-cent Jackson. Sean Richardson has more.
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