A statewide indoor mask mandate is back in place today as Louisiana leads the nation for the number of new COVID cases per capita. State Health Officer Doctor Joe Kanter says those who are vaccinated are about eight times less likely to be infected in the first place…
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Kanter says that’s why vaccinated individuals are also being asked to mask up while indoors.

The U-S Senate is working towards approving a one-point-two trillion-dollar infrastructure bill that Senator Bill Cassidy says will mean six billion dollars in funding for Louisiana. Cassidy says that’s enough money to fund several important highway construction projects…
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The Louisiana Workforce Commission is hosting several in-person job fairs today as the state looks to return unemployed workers to the workforce…
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The CDC has issued a new 60-day eviction ban. The ban applies to counties or parishes experiencing extremely high levels of COVID like Louisiana. State officials over 60-thousand households have applied for rental assistance, but only eleven thousand have been approved.