Category Archives: News
LSU Health New Orleans doctor says we are seeing cases of people getting COVID-19 twice
There have been cases worldwide of people getting infected by COVID-19, recovering, and then testing positive again weeks later. LSU Health New Orleans Professor of Clinical Medicine Doctor Najy Masri...
Oct 19, 2020 Yuri Samoilov / CC
Hurricane evacuees returning home from shelters and hotels this week
A majority of evacuees from both Laura and Delta, those being housed in mega shelters and hotels in Louisiana and Texas, are returning to their homes this week. Emergency Preparedness Director with DC...
Oct 19, 2020
State offering free mental health resources for residents battered by the pandemic, hurricanes, and election
Stress levels are high in Louisiana as we're about seven months into a pandemic, recovering from two hurricanes, and in the middle of a heated election. Assistant State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter h...
Oct 17, 2020
Budget bill containing 22.6 million dollars in so-called pork projects heads to the Governor's desk
State legislators have approved a supplemental budget bill that contains 22-million dollars for 113 projects that some say is old-school pork-barrel legislation. HB 39 contains funding for lighthouse ...
Oct 16, 2020
Cassidy and Perkins raise similar amounts last quarter, but Cassidy leads with millions in US Senate race
Campaign finance reports indicate U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy has raised as much money in the last quarter as his main Democratic challenger, Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins. But overall, Cassidy's war ...
Oct 16, 2020 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Early voting begins October 16th for the general election
Early voting begins Friday in Louisiana and wraps up October 27th. You can't vote Sundays, but Monday through Saturday polls open at 8 am and close at 7 pm. There's a lot of interest in the November 3...
Oct 16, 2020
Edwards pushes back against onslaught of House bills aiming to curb his public health authority
The House has now passed a number of measures aimed at limiting the Governor's public health authority and Governor Edwards says if they make it to his desk he's likely to veto them. The House has agg...
Oct 15, 2020
Louisiana K-12 schools so far only seeing limited coronavirus spread
So far the state has only seen 495 total reported cases of COVID in K-12 students and 1063 cases in school staff since the fall semester began. Before schools reopened there were some dire predictions...
Oct 15, 2020 Alan Levine / CC
Bill allowing Legislature to eliminate restrictions on in-person nursing home visits advances to the Senate
The House approved a bill allowing the Legislature to strike down parts of the Governor's COVID-19 public health orders pertaining to limitations on in-person visitation at nursing homes. Prairieville...
Oct 15, 2020 Forsaken Fotos / CC
PSC approves plan for electric co-ops to provide internet service
A plan to bring high-speed internet to fourteen parishes in Northern Louisiana clears the Public Service Commission. Rural electric cooperatives serving the area received approval from the PSC to ente...
Oct 15, 2020
