8:30 LRN Newscast

There are now four announced candidates running for Governor this fall, how is the race stacking up so far? Kevin Gallagher has that…:
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The Louisiana Illuminator is reporting a special session is likely to take place next month that would be devoted to the state’s homeowners insurance crisis. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon would like to see a special fund established that can be used to attract private property insurance providers.

As we get closer to Mardi Gras, the appetite grows for crawfish. Co-founder of the Crawfish App Laney King says prices this past weekend were two-dollars higher than a year ago. King hopes prices will decline once the weather warms…
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King says farmers are incurring extra costs as a result of inflation and high fuel prices.

According to AARP’s Nursing Home COVID-19 dashboard, 2,626 nursing home residents in Louisiana have died from COVID, including 13 more during a four-week period ending in December…
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That’s Andrew Muhl, the director of Advocacy for the AARP, who says rates of COVID-19 cases continue to go up because nursing home residents and staff are not up to date on their COVID-19 vaccinations.