Lawmakers have just a week left to complete their work on drawing new districts for Congress, the state legislature, the Public Service Commission, and more. There’s a big disagreement over creating a second majority-minority congressional voting district. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Democrats are putting up a fierce debate, but don’t have the votes to add more Black districts to the maps …:
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The session must conclude before 6 PM on Sunday.

Today is Valentine’s Day and the Louisiana Family Forum is recognizing 14 couples who have been married 70 years and longer. Louisiana Family Forum President Gene Mills…
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The longest known married couple in Louisiana hails from Gonzales, Gail and Patsy Richardson have been married for 81 years.

Warrant Officer Tatiana Julien of New Orleans is the Louisiana Army National Guard’s first Black female pilot. Julien says she was inspired to become a pilot while deployed to the Middle East a few years ago and saw a Black pilot from New Orleans in her unit.
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When she was a child, Julien’s family had to be rescued by a helicopter from the Superdome a week after Hurricane Katrina.

LSU Health New Orleans has started a COVID trial to study if liquid aspirin can help reduce COVID hospitalization rates. Associate Professor of Surgery at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine Dr. Frank Lau is looking for 200 participants recently diagnosed with COVID and are not vaccinated…
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For more information call 504-568-2202.