Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine trials are taking place in Louisiana to see how children 5 to 11 years old react to the medication. More from Dave Brannen.
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The New Orleans City Council voted unanimously Thursday to raise the minimum wage for city workers to $15-per-hour minimum beginning Jan. 1st. This will be a first in the state and reportedly Shreveport is considering a $13 minimum wage.
Economist Loren Scott is out with his annual economic outlook of where Louisiana’s economy is headed. He tells us his team expects the state to add 110-thousand jobs over the next two years.
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So, in essence, Scott says the state should get all of the jobs it lost due to the pandemic shut down by the end of 2023.
A joint survey led by researchers at LSU and the University of Wisconsin-River Falls shows that most Americans routinely take precautions against COVID, except when they are at home. LSU Sociology professor and co-director of the study Wesley Shrum says a large majority of those surveyed comply with the 32 specific precautions listed to help prevent catching COVID.