Air Force C-130s will be used to spray for mosquitos in six hurricane-impacted parishes. Mike Steele with the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness says the spraying will be conducted from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for the next six days over Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, and Vermilion parishes.
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This is a plan backed by FEMA.
The Saints are trying to get New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell to support a plan to get fans back in the Dome for their home games. The mayor’s spokesperson Beau Tidwell says discussions are ongoing…
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The Saints next home game is Sunday against the Carolina Panthers.
Baton Rouge Police detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of an armed robbery suspect at a home near the LSU campus. Sergeant Don Coppola says a total of four people were shot in the incident last night, one of them died and three others were wounded…
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The man killed has been identified as 20-year-old Marcus Hayes Junior.
There’s only a week left in the four-week special session and lawmakers are deadlocked on questions of how to reduce the governor’s authority during an extended public health emergency. LaPolitics.com publisher Jeremy Alford says the two chambers have yet to agree on any significant legislation……
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The House has passed a several bills that would immediately end all or some COVID public health restrictions, while the Senate backs a bill allowing for more legislative oversight in future public emergencies.