Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
Free at home COVID tests available to order online
The Biden Administration's Website to order free at-home COVID tests is officially open at COVIDtests.gov. There's been a huge demand for home tests with Omicron and they are extremely difficult to lo...
Jan 18, 2022 John Cameron / Unsplash
Legislation to limit rights of homeowners associations in Louisiana filed for 2022 session
We've all heard of or might have even experienced a situation in which a homeowners association enforces its rules with one resident and not another leaving the homeowner with few options. Mandeville ...
Jan 18, 2022 Tierra Mallorca / Unsplash
Family of slain Slidell mother fights to keep her suspected killer behind bars
The family of a Slidell mother believed to have been decapitated in New Orleans is demanding that the man suspected of killing her be held without bail. Julia Dardar's dismembered body was found in a ...
Jan 18, 2022 DPP Law / CC
Senate candidate Gary Chambers' latest campaign ad creates a stir
U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Gary Chambers, who is one of two announced challengers to Republican John Kennedy released a campaign ad today that shows him smoking marijuana. Advocate Reporter Tyle...
Jan 18, 2022 Photo by Max Becherer (The Advocate)
Things to consider when using a COVID home rapid test
Physicians advise if you are experiencing COVID symptoms to assume you have the virus and stay home. It might not be COVID but Dr. Lucio Miele, Chair of the Department of Genetics at LSU Health New Or...
Jan 18, 2022 Annie Spratt / Unsplash
Bill filing season begins ahead of the 2022 legislative session
The start of the 2022 regular legislative session is still two months away, but today lawmakers can begin filing bills to be heard in the three-month-long session. LaPolitics.com publisher Jeremy Alfo...
Jan 18, 2022
58 parishes apply for new GUMBO grants to bring in broadband Internet.
58 parishes have applied for grants to bring broadband internet to their areas. It's no secret that large portions of Louisiana are underserved when it comes to Internet access and connection speeds. ...
Jan 18, 2022 Richard Patterson / CC
Tony Chachere's introduces new chilli mixes for their 50th Anniversary
In honor of their 50th anniversary, Louisiana staple Tony Chachere's is introducing new Cajun chili mixes. Director of Marketing Celeste Chachere said when they were brainstorming for new product idea...
Jan 17, 2022
Traveling MLK exhibit showing at UL system campuses January and February
A Dr. Martin Luther King exhibit is traveling this month and next through the University of Louisiana system campuses. The "Carrying on the Dream" exhibit is on display today and tomorrow on the campu...
Jan 17, 2022 caboindex / CC
After five months in the dark, power returns to Grand Isle
Power has finally been restored to the coastal town of Grand Isle four and half months after Hurricane Ida. Grand Isle Mayor David Camardelle says the electricity has arrived just in time for the cold...
Jan 17, 2022 Substation at Grand Isle after Hurricane Ida courtesy of Jefferson Parish
