Governor Edwards is in Washington D-C to meet with members of Congress to explain to them the urgent need for federal assistance to help residents recover from the numerous natural disasters the state has experienced over the last 13 months. GOHSEP Deputy Director Casey Tingle says there’s been four hurricanes, a damaging freeze, and spring flooding…
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After extensive power outages from Hurricane Ida, Entergy is now facing a class-action lawsuit from customers. As many as 902-thousand lost power following the storm. Juan LaFonta is one of the attorneys’ representing plaintiffs in the case.
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Entergy has no comment on the litigation.

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and other Republican Attorneys General are threatening to sue the Biden Administration if the President follows through with a plan to require private employers with more than 100 employees to mandate the COVID vaccine…
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So far the Biden administration has not issued the exact rules for his plan to make vaccines mandatory for employees at many large businesses.

LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center is conducting its first COVID vaccination trial. They are evaluating the safety and effectiveness of the Moderna vaccine in children. Principal Investigator Dr. Daniel Hsia (Shaw) says participants can expect a minimum of two blood draws.
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Hsia (Shaw) says they’ve already enrolled enough children ages six to eleven and by the end of the month, they’ll register ages two to five.