Louisiana is embarking on a new effort in the fight to end the coronavirus pandemic. Chief of Pediatrics at LSU-Health Shreveport Doctor John Vanchiere says Louisiana will receive 148-thousand doses of kid-size Pfizer COVID vaccines to vaccinate five to eleven-year-olds…
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Vanchiere says no shortcuts were taken in the safety protocols or in the production of the vaccine.

A survey of the National Federation of Independent Business indicates a lack of optimism that things are going to get better at the retail level before they get worse because of supply chain problems and staffing shortages. Dawn McVea heads up the NFIB in Louisiana.
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Both of Louisiana’s Senators are co-authors of a new bill that would prohibit the payment of 450-thousand dollars to illegal immigrants who were separated from their families at the border when they were detained. Senator Bill Cassidy is outraged over the reported proposal from the Biden Administration…
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When reporters asked President Biden about the proposed payments to illegal immigrants, he says that will not happen.

Louisiana College is seeking to change its name to Louisiana Christian University. President Rick Brewer says the rebrand will let prospective students know that the Pineville school has a Christian educational mission…
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The Louisiana Baptist Convention which meets in less than two weeks has to approve the name change.