Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne and U-L System President Doctor Jim Henderson are among the finalists to be LSU’s next president. Governor John Bel Edwards discussed the search on his monthly call-in show…
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Governor Edwards will provide an update today at 2:30 PM on the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The state health department will soon provide new numbers on how many people are vaccinated. As of Monday, the number was nearly one-point-one million Louisiana residents who completed the vaccine series.

Bossier City Police arrested a 30-year-old man for first-degree murder in connection with the shooting and vehicle crash that claimed the life of 29-year old Hannah Sheffield earlier this month. Bossier City Police spokesperson Traci Ponder says Demetrius McCoy was already in jail on other charges when investigators served him a warrant.
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Sheffield was the only one in the vehicle when she was shot on April 10th and later died.

The Senate Labor Committee voted three to two for a bill to set the state’s minimum wage at $15 an hour beginning in 2022. New Orleans Senator Troy Carter says we owe this to frontline workers, many of them make close to the minimum wage which is $7.25 an hour.
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It’s unclear if the legislation has enough support to pass the Louisiana Senate.