The Louisiana Department of Education plans to use eight million dollars provided by the state legislature to purchase new computers for public school students. Superintendent Cade Brumley on how the funding originated.
Cut 6 (11) “…spring semester.”
They plan to purchase 23-hundred Chromebooks.
Louisiana will receive 79,500 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine over the next three days. 35,900 of those will head to nursing homes and the remaining 43,600 are being sent to tier two hospitals and medical first responders. Assistant State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter celebrated the news…
Last week the state received about 40,000 doses of Pfizer’s vaccine and is expecting just under 30,000 doses this week.
A Grant Parish Representative tore into the insurance industry for what he says is a concerted effort to lowball customers on their hurricane damage settlements. Matt Doyle has the story.
The state reports 1,111 COVID cases today and 65 additional deaths.