Attorney General Jeff Landry is announcing some of the details important to a legal settlement with several pharmaceutical firms over the manufacturing and marketing of opioids.  Louisiana’s share of the 26-billion-dollar agreement is just over 325-million-dollars.  Landry considers this settlement another step towards assisting Louisiana in curbing the damage done by opioids in Louisiana.

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A crisis that Landry indicates has been all too deadly.

Governor John Bel Edwards traveled to Baton Rouge General Hospital to receive his annual flu shot and Pfizer Covid-19 booster shot Wednesday. He’s urging Louisiana residents to follow his example,

Edwards says it’s been several years since the Bayou State experienced a bad outbreak of flu.

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The governor says despite the deadly flu season four years ago, last year’s was not as bad because of some of the steps taken to ease the spread of COVID.

Baton Rouge commercial pilot and Navy veteran Luke Mixon is running for Senate in an effort to unseat the state’s junior senator John Kennedy in 2022. Mixon says he’s frustrated with the partisan politics in DC and Louisiana is not getting their fair share of natural disaster assistance. Even though he’s running as a democrat, Mixon says he feels most voters are more concerned with the candidate versus party.

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After responding to a residence for a medical emergency Wednesday night police found a woman suffering from a gunshot wound. Lafayette Corporal Bridgette Dugas says they are now investigating a homicide at the Essie Street home.

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The gunshot victim was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead. Dugas says they are asking for anyone with any information to come forward and assist them with the investigation.

Senator John Kennedy has a challenger to his 2022 re-election bid. Brooke Thorington reports the challenger is a political newcomer who is a Baton Rouge military veteran and commercial airline pilot…
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State Police has placed one of its troopers on administrative leave after allegations the trooper was involved in drinking and inappropriate touching of a female LSU band member. A Baton Rouge TV station reports the incident occurred while the trooper was on duty with the band to the Mississippi State game.

Paragon Casino in Marksville opened the state’s first Sportsbook yesterday as legalized sports betting has finally arrived in Louisiana. Paragon General Manager Marshall Sampson says their Las Vegas-style sportsbook is called the “Draft Room”…
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Former Saints wide receiver Joe Horn placed the first sports bet at the casino, a seven-team parlay.

Governor John Bel Edwards received his annual flu shot and Pfizer Covid-19 booster shot at a Baton Rouge hospital yesterday. He’s urging Louisiana residents to follow his example, noting that getting your flu shot has one of the same benefits the COVID vaccine has.
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Governor John Bel Edwards has now received his annual flu shot and a booster for his previous two Pfizer Covid-19 shots.  More from Dave Brannen.

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If you plan to hunt or fish Sunday or Monday and don’t have a license you need to purchase one before then because the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries website will be undergoing maintenance. The website expects to have things up and working by Tuesday the 12^th.

Attorney General Jeff Landry says Louisiana will receive just over $325-million from a legal settlement with several pharmaceutical firms over the manufacturing and marketing of opioids. The funds will be used to help those who suffer from opioid abuse. Landry says local governments will decide how to allocate the funds in their particular area, but the distribution must meet a certain criteria.

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Baton Rouge commercial pilot and Navy veteran Luke Mixon is running for Senate in an effort to unseat the state’s junior senator John Kennedy in 2022. Mixon says he’s frustrated with the partisan politics in DC and Louisiana is not getting their fair share of natural disaster assistance.

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Political newcomer and former Navy pilot Luke Mixon has started his campaign to try and unseat Senator John Kennedy who is up for re-election next year. Mixon is a Democrat from Baton Rouge who flies commercial airplanes and he can’t believe Kennedy didn’t vote for the infrastructure bill…
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Kennedy says only 23-percent of the new spending in the bill is for actual infrastructure, while the rest of the legislation supports the President’s Green New Deal and welfare spending.

Governor John Bel Edwards received his COVID booster shot yesterday and he also got his flu shot. Edwards says each year thousands of Louisianas get the flu and hundreds may even die from it…
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State Police say an L-S-P employee has been placed on administrative leave as they investigate a complaint of alleged misconduct involving an LSU student. WBRZ-TV reports a trooper touched a female member of the band during their trip to Mississippi State in a sexual nature. Drinking was also involved according to the report.

Legal betting on sports events makes its Louisiana debut. More from Kevin Gallagher…:
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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry says local governments will share 325-million dollars over the next 18 years from a legal settlement involving several pharmaceutical firms over the manufacturing and marketing of opioids. Landry says there is a catch…
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Landry expects that to happen and the money will be used to treat opioid addicts.

Governor John Bel Edwards received his COVID booster shot yesterday and he also got his flu shot during a visit to Baton Rouge General Hospital. Edwards says we still need to protect ourselves, even though there was a relatively small number of cases last flu season…
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Senator John Kennedy has an announced challenger to his 2022 re-election bid. Brooke Thorington reports the challenger is a political newcomer who is a Baton Rouge military veteran and commercial airline pilot…
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New Orleans City Councilwoman Helena Moreno met with Vice-President Kamala Harris yesterday as the two talked about building a more resilient power grid. Meanwhile, Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee-Sheng is calling on utilities to be built underground in her parish. She calls all of the power poles ugly.

Attorney General Jeff Landry has announced sheriffs and local governments around the state will split 325-million dollars over the next 18 years from a national settlement of opioid abuse lawsuits. Landry says the money will help law enforcement respond to the epidemic that has claimed over 500-thousand lives since 2000…
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Landry says parishes can use the money for addiction treatment and recovery services.

Legal sports betting has arrived in Louisiana as Paragon Casino in Marksville has opened the state’s first casino sportsbook. Paragon General Manager Marshall Sampson says they’ve partnered with Betfred Sports and opened what they are calling the “Draft Room”…
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Former Saints wide receiver Joe Horn placed the first legal sports bet a seven-team parlay.

Governor John Bel Edwards visited a Baton Rouge hospital to receive his annual flu shot and his COVID booster shot. Dave Brannen has more…
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A state police helicopter crashed in Ascension Parish this afternoon.  The pilot who was the only passenger sustained minor injuries and was transported to a local hospital. State Police spokesperson Captain Nick Manale says the pilot experienced mechanical issues while approaching an airstrip in Gonzales.

Healthcare workers in Shreveport and Monroe are taking Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport, St Mary Medical Center, and Ochsner LSU Health Monroe to court over mandates by those facilities to be vaccinated. Plaintiff attorney Jimmy Faircloth says the lawsuits request a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction on the Ochsner vaccine mandate.

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He says Ochsner’s vaccine mandates are “an unlawful forced choice; not a free choice.”

Louisiana has joined the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s “Race to Zero” campaign. Governor Edwards says investments have already been made in Louisiana by companies looking to develop renewable energy and he says there’s interest in using the Gulf of Mexico to produce wind energy…

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Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s spokesman Brennan Matherne tells us today that more than five weeks after Hurricane Ida, only about one-third of the debris from the storm has been picked up. It’s one of the frustrations that residents are facing.

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Matherne says huge piles of debris along the parish’s highways are still causing issues for residents and motorists.