With it now being 4 years since the Deepwater Horizon well was capped, several agencies continue to look at ways we can restore Louisiana’s struggling coast. Jeff Palermo reports.
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According to a recent report, Louisiana’s obesity rate is dropping for the first time in 30 years. Don Molino has that..:
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With it now being 4 years since the Deepwater Horizon well was capped, several agencies continue to look at ways we can restore Louisiana’s struggling coast. Dr. Keith Ouchley is the Director of the Nature Conservancy in Louisiana. He says this is an important time for the Gulf restoration process…:
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Ouchley says they are implementing on-the-ground restoration projects that protect shorelines from erosion, filter water, provide habitat for fish and create jobs. He says we really need to work on oyster reefs around the coast…:
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Ouchley says about $150-$180 million from the settlement with Transocean will be available to fund a range of projects as will the large BP funds that are coming. He feels significant changes can be made within the next 10 years…:
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According to a recent report, Louisiana’s obesity rate is dropping for the first time in 30 years. The annual study released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found The Bayou State is now ranked 6th in the nation, instead of first. LeAnne Redman is an obesity researcher at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center…:
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Redman believes healthy initiatives all across the state are making it easier for people to make healthier choices. She believes that in a state where we love food at events like tailgating and Mardi Gras, the culture is somewhat changing…:
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Redman also says their research shows it all starts in the womb and that pregnancy is very important on laying down the metabolic fingerprint of that child. The study shows that Louisiana’s adult obesity rate is still 33.1% and Redman says we still have a long way to go…:
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A Donaldsonville man who pleaded guilty in 1995 to negligent homicide in crash that killed a ten-week old child has avoided prison. Stanley White received a two-year prison sentence 19 years ago, but was never given a report date. He was re-sentenced again and White’s sentence this time was two years of home incarceration. Stephen Moore is White’s attorney
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The parents of the infant killed in the wreck, Shannon and Rachel Deville, say justice was not served. But Moore says White is remorseful and he’s been a model citizen since he made a horrible mistake…
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White was 19 at the time of the accident. It’s unknown why he never received a date to report to prison. Moore says to send White to jail after all these years of system failures would have been vengeance, not justice
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August was another record breaking month in terms of employment in Louisiana. The Louisiana Workforce Commission released new job numbers today and non-farm employment grew by 30-thousand over the last 12 months and a record one-point-nine million people were employed in August. L-W-C spokeserson Tom Guarisco
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Guarisco says there’s a record one-point-six million non-government jobs in Louisiana as private employers added 36-thousand jobs over the year. He says the construction sector led the way by hiring 95-hundred workers
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Guarisco says they anticipate setting more employment records in the coming months, because the construction sector will need to keep adding workers…
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