Legislation that would give St. Tammany Parish voters an opportunity to approve a riverboat casino in Slidell receives final legislative passage after the Senate approved the bill on a 23-14 vote. Jim Shannon has more…
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LSU advances in the NCAA Baseball Regionals to play Tennessee in Knoxville. It was a late night for Tiger fans as the Bayou Bengals played in Oregon past midnight central standard time last night. First pitch against the Volunteers will be much earlier on Saturday at 6pm.
Ochsner Health has started to enroll five to eleven-year-olds in New Orleans and Shreveport to participate in a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine trial. They expect to enroll 75 patients at the two sites. Ochsner Health System Chair of Pediatrics Dr. William Lennarz says to better suit the children the strength of the doses has been changed.
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State senators are no longer pushing to make a temporary state sales tax permanent to fund highway transportation projects, instead, the Senate approved a bill to take revenue from vehicle sales taxes and spend it on roads. Currently, money from vehicle sales taxes goes to the general fund, but Port Allen Senator Rick Ward’s proposal would use 75-percent of that money on roads and bridges…
It now heads to the House with only three days left in the session.