Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says Louisiana Farm Bureau and Progressive will reduce their auto insurance rates by eight and two percent respectively. The rate decreases follow the recent announcement by State Farm that it’s also lowering rates. The three companies cover over 50-percent of the private passenger auto market in Louisiana.

Will we see even more rate reductions as a result of the tort reform legislation approved during the June special session? Matt Doyle has more…
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LSU Health New Orleans has joined a COVID-19 treatment clinical trial where participating patients at University Medical Center will receive synethic antibodies. Pulmonary care specialist Doctor Bennett deBoisblanc says instead of waiting on a COVID patient to produce their own antibodies, they will use the lab-grown version to keep symptoms from worsening…
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Patients hospitalized with mild to moderate COVID-19 with fewer than 13 days of symptoms may volunteer to participate.

Senator John Kennedy believes Governor Edwards should label places of worship as essential and remove the capacity cap. Kennedy says the governor should extend the same Phase 2 capacity rules that guide big box stores and protesters…
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No word on if the governor will act on Kennedy’s request.