The Louisiana Republican Party says it is profoundly disappointed that Senator Bill Cassidy voted yes to move forward with the second impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump. Cassidy says he changed his vote after watching the President’s defense team stumble during arguments over whether the impeachment trial is constitutional…
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Cassidy says his yes vote yesterday does not mean he’ll vote to impeach the President for provoking the riot on the U-S Capitol last month.

At the state capitol today, there’s a hearing to discuss the impacts President Joe Biden’s executive order that halts new lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico will have on Louisiana. Senate Natural Resources Chairman Bob Hensgens says he hopes to hear from the Edwards administration…
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Louisiana will remain under the current modified Phase Two coronavirus restrictions for the next three weeks. Matt Doyle has the story.
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The governor also got his first COVID vaccine shot yesterday along with Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin. The state has now administered 448-thousand first doses of the vaccine which is a higher number of confirmed coronavirus cases. But that’s not enough to prevent the cancellation of the Strawbery Festival in Ponchatoula for a second straight year. Organizers will look forward to April 2022.