LABI President and CEO Stephen Waguespack opposes the Biden administration’s policy requiring employers with 100 or more workers to require COVID vaccines. Waguespack says mandating vaccinations is not the role of the federal government.
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State Police Colonel Lamar Davis discussed allegations the agency mishandled a police brutality investigation. Lt. John Clary has been accused of covering up the fatal police beating of Ronald Green in 2019 when he failed to hand over his body cam footage to prosecutors and has since been cleared. Davis denies an AP report he personally visited the Union Parish D-A in an effort to keep troopers involved in Greene’s death were not criminally charged…
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has located more than 100 oiled birds due to a spill from the Alliance Refinery in Belle Chasse. LDWF Restoration Program Manager Jon Wiebe says the spill is associated with Hurricane Ida’s path. He says there’s a fair bit of oil near the levee that surrounds the refinery.
The oiled birds are being transferred to a restoration center in New Iberia. Wiebe says their stay there depends on the condition of the bird.
According to the National Hurricane Center, a tropical wave off the Atlantic coast of Central America has a 70-percent chance of formation in the next two days. By late in the weekend heavy rains could reach the western gulf coast including coastal Texas and Louisiana through mid-week. The significant rainfall could result in flash flooding for the Bayou State.