Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
Spokesperson says Governor Edwin Edwards improving with second hospital stay
A family spokesperson for Edwin Edwards said the former four term-Governor appears to be improving but remains hospitalized with double pneumonia. Edwards' biographer Leo Honeycutt says despite Edward...
Nov 19, 2020 Former Governor Edwin Edwards - file photo
Louisiana consumers to benefit from a sales tax holiday on Friday and Saturday
Tomorrow and Saturday Louisiana consumers will not have to pay state sales taxes on most purchases as a sales tax holiday will be in effect. Louisiana Department of Revenue spokesperson Byron Henderso...
Nov 19, 2020 Pictures of Money / CC
Governor Edwards believes in the safety of vaccines
Drugmaker Pfizer says they plan to file within days for emergency use with the FDA for their COVID-19 vaccine. As case numbers continue to increase along with hospitalizations Governor John Bel Edward...
Nov 19, 2020 Jernej Furman / CC
Great American smoke out 2020
Today is the Great American Smoke out, the day traditionally set aside to encourage smokers to kick the habit. Tonia Moore, Director for the Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living said they've see...
Nov 19, 2020
Ask the Governor for November 18
In case you missed the Ask the Governor Show for November 18, you can listen here: http://affiliates.louisianaradionetwork.com/Audio/Ask%20the%20Governor/
Nov 18, 2020
Governor Edwards is asking for no large gatherings during Thanksgiving
Over the past two days, the state has reported over 45-hundred new coronavirus cases. This is why Governor John Bel Edwards is asking Louisiana residents to not have large family gatherings for the up...
Nov 18, 2020 Arlene Abisha / CC
FDA approves self-test for COVID
The FDA approves emergency use for the first at-home self-test for COVID-19 that provides results in 30 minutes. Assistant for Translational Research at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine Dr. L...
Nov 18, 2020
Former Governor Edwin Edwards back in the hospital
According to former Governor Edwin Edwards biographer, Leo Honeycutt, the 93-year-old has been admitted to a Baton Rouge hospital with double pneumonia. Edwards was released from the hospital on Sunda...
Nov 18, 2020 Former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards
Congressman Mike Johnson elected Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference
Representative Mike Johnson is moving up the GOP ranks in Congress as he's been elected as the vice-chair of the House Republican Conference. Johnson says building back the nation's economy from the c...
Nov 18, 2020 Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson, 4th Congressional District
Lawsuit filed on behalf of Louisiana landlords against moratorium on evictions
A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of Louisiana landlords seeks to overturn the moratorium on rental evictions ordered by the CDC. Luke Wake an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation, filed the sui...
Nov 18, 2020
