Entergy is facing a class-action lawsuit over extended outages caused by Hurricane Ida. Brooke Thorington has the story…:
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A 15-year-old girl is in custody in Caddo Parish for allegedly making a threat over social media. Sheriff Steve Prator says students and staff reported a bomb threat against Byrd High School yesterday afternoon. A full sweep of the campus was made but no bomb was found. Authorities say the teen used another classmate’s social media account to make the threat. She’s charged with terrorizing.
Two lawsuits are now making their way through state court that allege that mandates issued by Ochsner Lafayette General and Our Lady of the Lourdes Regional Medical Center violate the state constitution by forcing nurses and staff to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Attorney Jimmy Faircloth says the court filing is a first step in trying to halt the implementation of the vaccine mandate for the hospital workers named as plaintiffs in the lawsuits.
State Representative Tanner Magee of Houma told a legislative committee Monday that 13-thousand homes in Terrebonne Parish have been destroyed or significantly damaged by Ida. Magee says while FEMA has offered an alternative housing option for Ida victims in Terrebonne, he says that option doesn’t exist at the present.
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