Governor Landry is assuring the public there is currently no danger after a detainee from China tested positive for a rare, aggressive, and drug resistant form of tuberculosis while held at the Richwood Correction Center last July .
According to a lawsuit filed by the state against U-S Immigration and Customs Enforcement and others, the inmate was transferred to a Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Acadia Parish and in August released into the general population at that facility.
Attorney General Liz Murrill says they are suing ICE and its contractors to ensure that every potentially exposed individual is medially cleared by the State before they are permitted to leave the two facilities.
Louisiana Surgeon General Doctor Ralph Abraham says the patient is now in isolation and receiving proper medication and is asymptomatic.
If Donald Trump gets re-elected in two weeks, a pair of Louisianians could be up for cabinet positions. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Swifties are flowing into New Orleans for Taylor Swift’s three highly anticipated shows at the Superdome starting Friday night. Attorney General Liz Murrill says her office is getting reports of hotels canceling reservations made months in advance and offering those rooms at jacked-up rates.
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Concert goers can file a consumer dispute with the A-G’s office.