12:30 LRN Newscast Dec 9

Can you lose your job if your employer requires a COVID vaccine and you refuse? According to Loyola Law Professor Dane Ciolino in Louisiana the short answer is yes. He says exceptions would be, for example, if an employee has a collective bargaining agreement, or protected under certain federal laws if they have a disability, a sincere religious belief…

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Statewide in the eight and a half months since our first COVID linked fatality, we’ve had enough COVID deaths to fill eight average flu seasons. Those numbers come from New Orleans-based data analyst Jeff Asher who says when extrapolating current rates out to 12 months COVID will likely rival cancer and heart disease deaths.

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The state high school football championship games are being moved to Natchitoches and are set to run for four days from December 27th to 30th. Matt Doyle has the story.

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