Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
State Department of Education outlines back to school COVID health guidelines
State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley outlines COVID safety guidelines for the upcoming school year, including the mandatory use of face coverings. Brumley says school districts will have to ...
Jun 25, 2020 Louisiana State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley
House Republicans pushing to end Louisiana's COVID-19 state of emergency declaration
Shreveport Republican Alan Seabaugh is once again pushing his petition to end Louisiana's state of emergency because of COVID-19. Seabaugh needs the support of 53 other lawmakers in the House and says...
Jun 25, 2020 Shreveport Representative Alan Seabaugh (R)
Caddo Parish Coroner rules on death of a black man in Shreveport Police custody
Caddo Parish Coroner Doctor Todd Thoma determines a 63-year-old black man died of febrile delirium while in the custody of Shreveport first responders last April. Thoma says paramedics and police were...
Jun 25, 2020
Senate Finance Committee supports a pause on state worker pay raises
When the Senate Finance Committee approved a budget for the next fiscal year Wednesday they put a pause on scheduled pay raises for state workers. Baton Rouge Senator Bodi White says right now a publi...
Jun 25, 2020 Pictures of Money / CC
Governor says recent trends in state's COVID-19 metrics have Louisiana heading in the wrong direction
Governor Edwards' new proclamation of extending Phase Two reopening for another 28 days is officially issued today. Edwards says when ranking of states by per capita COVID-19 cases, Louisiana is ranke...
Jun 25, 2020
House passes policing policy task force resolution, heated speeches feature before the vote
The House unanimously passes a resolution to create a task force to study policing policy after removing language mentioning the killing of George Floyd. Prairieville Representative Tony Bacala backed...
Jun 24, 2020
Family of gay stabbing victim pushing for hate crime charge against suspect
The family of a gay teenager stabbed in the neck and wrists believes 18-year-old Holden White of Kaplan is the victim of a hate crime. But Lafayette Police is not pursuing hate crime charges. Legal an...
Jun 24, 2020
House backs bill blocking COVID-related civil suits against schools
The House approves legislation protecting public and private schools from civil suits by students or teachers who say they got COVID on school grounds. Prairieville Representative Tony Bacala says a s...
Jun 24, 2020 Stuart Seeger / CC
Acadiana region sees soaring COVID-19 metrics
The Acadiana region is outpacing other regions of the state in new COVID-19 cases. The region's case count of Tuesday was the highest on record and Dr. Tina Stefanski, regional medical director of the...
Jun 24, 2020 Yuri Samoilov / CC
Medical marijuana treatment costs set to go down
The state's only current medical marijuana grower announces it will lower its prices as a result of a new law greatly expanding access to the treatment. Wellcana CEO John Davis says the price reductio...
Jun 24, 2020
