A minimum of 13 percent of all new COVID cases in Louisiana are now believed to be the more deadly and contagious UK variant, and that number is multiplying rapidly every week. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says that could put us at risk of a new wave, but the good news is our 13.4 percent of UK variant cases is much better than the rest of the county. The nationwide average is 27.2 percent, Florida is at 34.5 percent, Texas is at 25.2 percent.
Senator John Kenney calls on all Louisiana residents to get vaccinated.
A constitutional amendment is filed that would end the “slavery exception” in the state constitution that allows inmates to be forced to work for just pennies an hour. Executive Director of Decarcerate Louisiana Curtis Davis, who spent 25 years at Angola, says the 13th Amendment didn’t end slavery it codified it with a loophole allowing prison slave labor. He says if you refuse to work guards can use force against you.
House Democrats release their Come Back Stronger Louisiana agenda for the upcoming legislative session. House Democratic Caucus Chair Representative Sam Jenkins says K-12 and higher education teachers and staff are up for a pay raise that will bring them closer to the southern regional average.
Cut 10 (10) “…promise to our teachers.”
The session starts Monday.