The newest strain of COVID, XBB.1.5. is said to be the most transmissible variant yet. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Freshman LSU quarterback Walker Howard has reportedly entered the transfer portal. Coach Brian Kelly said after the Citrus Bowl that he was certain quarterbacks Jayden Daniels, Garrett Nussmeier and Howard would remain on the roster. Howard won a state championship at St. Thomas More in Lafayette and is the son of former LSU QB Jamie Howard.

On January 12th, 2016, Governor John Bel Edwards signed an executive order expanding Medicaid. The governor’s communications director Lauren Leist says that decision seven years ago provided health insurance to over half a million working Louisianans…
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Leist also says more than 180 thousand residents received specialized mental health treatment as a result of the Medicaid expansion.

The state department of transportation has released its plans on how it will fix the damaged Interstate 10 overpass in Lafayette at I-49. DOTD spokesperson Deidra Druilhet says it will be a two-phase process, with phase one taking place January 20th to 22nd…
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Druilhet says phase two will take place during the spring time.