8:30 LRN Newscast December 17

Governor John Bel Edwards says the first week of vaccination distribution is going well and they’ve successfully vaccinated thousands of frontline healthcare workers since Monday. Edwards says Louisiana received 39,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
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The Moderna Vaccine seeks approval today in front of an advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration. Taylor Sharp has the story…
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The race is heating up in the second Congressional district as Cedric Richmond is set to step down to join the Biden administration. New Orleans Senator Karen Carter Peterson officially announced her campaign yesterday and fellow New Orleans Senator Troy Carter has also joined the race. Both are Democrats, but Carter says he plans to reach across the aisle to bring more resources back to Louisiana…
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New Orleans City Councilwoman Helena Moreno may enter the race as well.

On the first day of the early signing period, LSU lost a couple of recruits to Alabama, but Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins says LSU responded well…
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That linebacker is Bugg Strong from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. He’s rated as the number one JUCO linebacker prospect in the country.