Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves says there could be an agreement on a COVID relief bill sometime next week. The price tag is reportedly 916 billion dollars. Graves says much of that is another round of the Payroll Protection Program and funding for COVID response and vaccine distribution.
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The White House backs a plan to send 600-dollar direct payments to most Americans, but the proposal eliminates a 300-dollar per week unemployment benefit.

The state health department reported its single highest day number of COVID-19 cases yesterday with 4,339 new cases. Acadiana Region Medical Director Dr. Tina Stefanski says cases were already on an uptick and there are even more cases as a result of gatherings on Thanksgiving…
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The Pfizer vaccine will undergo a crucial committee hearing today to determine if it will gain emergency approval and be available next week. Matt Doyle has the story.
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