Nearly half a million more Louisianans will be eligible to get vaccinated starting Monday, that includes K-12 teachers and those 55 and older with certain health conditions. Governor Edwards says this decision was made after the state was told we’re getting a big bump in our vaccine allocation.
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Public Service Commission Chairman Craig Greene says once the winter weather has passed the PSC will investigate what went wrong and why power providers had such poor communication with customers. Greene says companies’ failure to give customers a heads up when they would be subject to a rolling blackout needs to be addressed. He says there must be a better system in place.
It won’t be until Saturday afternoon before the highways are free of ice in north Louisiana. State Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson says they had 14-hundred workers, primarily in north Louisiana before the storm arrived, salting and brining major roads
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With oil refineries shutting down due to the recent winter weather across the south, gas prices have risen almost 3 cents overnight to 2.28 a gallon for regular gas. Triple-A Fuel Analyst Don Redman says prices were already on the rise before the storms and the weather only made things worse. Redman believes that gas prices will continue to increase.