BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is raising awareness and urging residents to avoid areas with blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, due to the algal bloom observed in Lake Pontchartrain by the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) and recent sightings of algal blooms in other waterbodies.
Agents cited an Alabama man for violations in Calcasieu Parish.
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited an Alabama man for alleged wildlife violations on May 12 in Calcasieu Parish.
Agents cited Austin T. Wilson, 22, of Geneva, Ala., for taking non-game birds, taking ibis no season and taking heron no season.
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Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne helped approve an increase in
projected state tax collections.
BATON ROUGE—A $483 million increase in revenue for the state’s general spending fund is now being estimated for 2024, adding to a giant pile of money that the state Legislature has at its disposal.
Under the new projections, the state’s general fund also will take in $323.4 million more than previously expected in the current fiscal year, bringing the total surplus from the last two years to over $2.1 billion.
Courtesy of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
The state has a $50 billion plan for shoring up Louisiana’s coast.
BATON ROUGE—Louisiana’s most recent plan to restore and protect its coast at a cost of $50 billion advanced Wednesday through the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
The coastal master plan is updated by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority every six years, as required by state law. It lays out the 50-year future for Louisiana’s coast in terms of coastal land loss and flood risk–with and without its implementation.
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The House Appropriations Committee on Monday rejected a pay raise for legislators.
BATON ROUGE—The House Appropriations Committee voted 16-5 Monday to kill a bill that would have increased the salary for legislators.
House Bill 149 had proposed increasing their pay to $39,000 a year from $16,800. The committee rejected the bill after much discussion about service, privilege and ability.
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