Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
Lawsuit filed to block requirement for students to get COVID vaccine
Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry has filed a lawsuit seeking to block Governor John Bel Edwards' plan to add COVID vaccines to the list of shots students are required to receive to attend schoo...
Dec 16, 2021 Kevin Smith / CC
State's Teen Vax Campaign Seeks Youth Ambassadors
Louisiana's Teen Vax Campaign is looking for volunteers to become vaccine youth ambassadors. The group's Ritney Castine says you can be 12 to 17 to help lead the state's effort to improve the Bayou St...
Dec 16, 2021
Lafayette Judge Admits To Using Racial Slur While Viewing Security Video
The attorney for Lafayette City Court Judge Michele Odinet says his client is now admitting to using a racist slur when reacting to a person seen in a security video that captured an attempted burglar...
Dec 16, 2021 Lafayette City Court Judge Michelle Odinet
Non-Profit Seeks Volunteers To Plant Hundreds Of Tree In Lake Maurepas
The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana is looking for volunteers to help plant 600 trees in Lake Maurepas near Manchac this weekend. Communications Director James Karst says volunteers 16 and olde...
Dec 16, 2021
Financing deal near finalization for Superdome renovations
Instead of 90-million-dollars, a proposed 54-million dollar deal is awaiting Bond Commission and joint budget Committee approval for partial funding of Superdome renovations that total around 450-mill...
Dec 15, 2021
Governor asked about Mardi Gras and Omicron variant
On his last call-in radio show of the year Ask the Governor, Governor John Bel Edwards was asked if the Omicron variant could change upcoming plans for Mardi Gras. Edwards said it's still too early to...
Dec 15, 2021 The Library of Congress / CC
Passenger rail service from Baton Rouge to New Orleans getting on track
The reality of passenger rail service from the Capital City to the Crescent City is taking shape. Baton Rouge Area Foundation Executive VP John Spain said a merger between Kansas City Southern and Can...
Dec 15, 2021 Jan Tik / CC
Ask the Governor for Wednesday December 15
If you missed the Ask the Governor Show you can hear it in its entirety here: https://www.jimengster.com/jim-engster-podcasts/2021/12/15/ask-the-governor-december-15th-2021
Dec 15, 2021
Carter begins his 'Building a Better Louisiana Infrastructure Tour'
Second Congressional District Congressman Troy Carter begins a tour today, visiting cities in his district and explaining how the $7- billion in Infrastructure funds Louisiana will receive will improv...
Dec 15, 2021 Congressman Troy Carter (D) Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District
Tulane Epidemiologist Fears Omicron Could Lead To Another COVID-19 Surge
As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 becomes more prominent here in Louisiana and dozens of other states in the nation, Tulane epidemiologist, Dr. Susan Hassig, is fearing yet another surge in the virus...
Dec 15, 2021
