A grand jury in the state’s Third Judicial District convenes today to hear evidence in the 2019 state police fatal arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Meanwhile, a state legislative committee looking into the circumstances and the investigation of Greene’s death holds its first hearing in several weeks today. Governor Edwards has been asked to testify, but will not appear before the panel today. Instead he’ll attend a groundbreaking event in the Lafayette area.

State health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says Louisiana could be in for a rough winter, with COVID still present, the RSV spreading among kids and the annual “flu season.” Kanter says this news may come as a surprise because the midterm elections have dominated the news…:
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Kanter says Louisiana hospital and doctors offices are filled with flu and RSV patients. He says two years of wearing masks, social distancing and isolation are meaning more people have less immunity to these viruses.

We are less two weeks away from Thanskgiving. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain urges consumers to buy Louisiana sweet potatoes, because farmers are finding it difficult to import sweet potatoes because the U-S dollar is stronger than the Euro…
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