Category Archives: News
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
Senator Cassidy says President Trump should exhaust all legal avenues before conceding
Republican Senator Bill Cassidy supports President Donald Trump's legal challenges in several states over the result of the November 3rd election but admits it will be difficult to get the courts to o...
Nov 17, 2020
New Orleans Mardi Gras 2021 not canceled, just different
The city of New Orleans' website says there will not be any Mardi Gras parades in 2021. The announcement caught many by surprise. Director of Communications for Mayor LaToya Cantrell, Beau Tidwell, sa...
Nov 17, 2020 Beau Tidwell, Spokesperson for Mayor of New Orleans LaToya Cantrell
State Health Department reports another 25-hundred new cases; hospitalizations continue to rise
The state health department reported an additional 2,592 new coronavirus cases Tuesday as Louisiana continues to see a sharp uptick in cases. During a press conference in Calcasieu Parish, Governor Jo...
Nov 17, 2020
Second COVID vaccine trial announces an efficacy rate above 90-percent
In addition to drug maker Pfizer's announcement last week that their COVID vaccine is a 90-percent effective, on Monday, Moderna released news that their vaccine has a 95 percent effectiveness rate. A...
Nov 17, 2020 NIAID / CC
Rep. Cedric Richmond will become a senior advisor for Joe Biden.
U.S. Representative Cedric Richmond announced today that before January 20th he will resign as a member of Congress to become a senior adviser to President-Elect Joe Biden. "This new role will allow m...
Nov 17, 2020 Congressman Cedric Richmond - Louisiana
