The State Legislative Auditor finds about 405 million dollars in unemployment insurance was paid out to ineligible recipients last year. Auditor Chris Magee says they found the error by using the program Wage Data.
A bill banning K-12 schools from teaching “Divisive Concepts” like the idea that the US is systemically racist is filed for the upcoming legislative session. House Education Chairman Ray Garofalo says that claim shouldn’t be taught…
The bill has received pushback from those who advocate teaching that the US, through slavery, was founded on racism and has maintained a legacy of institutional racism.
126 Louisianans have tested positive for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated, good for only .02 percent of all Louisianans who are fully vaccinated. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says for those few people who got the bug, they didn’t get it bad…
Full vaccination is two weeks after you complete your vaccine series. 1.3 million Louisianans have received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine as of the Monday update.
In a poll of 781 Louisiana adults, roughly half of the state’s residents approve of Louisiana’s response to the pandemic, particularly the handling of the fall election. LSU Public Policy Research Lab Director Mike Henderson says one area where there isn’t consensus support is for mail-in voting, a topic that has little to no conservative support…