Senator John Kennedy slams the trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill, calling it an inflationary bomb. Matt Doyle has more.
The Louisiana Department of Health reports 16,541 new COVID cases and more than 27-hundred hospitalizations. 91-percent of those hospitalized are reportedly unvaccinated and 90-percent of the cases are among the unvaccinated. Fifty new fatalities were also reported today.
The 4th surge in COVID cases has prompted the cancellation of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. New Orleans and Company Spokesperson, Kelly Schulz says the cancellation of Jazz Fest this year is a blow the state shouldn’t have to take.
The traditional spring event was postponed originally this year to October but now has been canceled again for the second year due to the pandemic.
The LSU Vet School announces the school’s live mascot Mike The Tiger has received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The second dose was administered on Friday. Spokesperson Ginger Guttner says an animal health company called Zoetis donated the vaccine
Guttner says it was important for Mike to get vaccinated because it has been determined that Tigers can, in fact, contract the virus.