The state health department reports Louisiana has surpassed 16-hundred COVID deaths since the pandemic started as the state reported 64 new COVID-19 deaths today. The number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital declined by 30 to 1,538.

A term-limited lawmaker laments the loss of his House district as part of the redistricting process. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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This morning on WRKF’s Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster. Baton Rouge area senator Bodi White was a guest and the Republican talked about why the Legislature and the governor have clashed on so many issues…
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Edwards has called his relationship with House Speaker Clay Schexnayder as strained.

The Saints are introducing Dennis Allen as the franchise’s new head coach today. Allen gets the promotion from defensive coordinator, a job he’s held since 2015. So who replaces Allen at D-C. Ross Jackson is the publisher of the Locked on Sports podcast and he says there are a couple of in-house candidates…
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Allen says he plans to remain heavily involved in the defensive play calling.