Covid -19, supply chain and staffing issues, are continuing to derail the normal efforts of small businesses as the holidays approach. More from Dave Brannen.
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Pineville’s Louisiana College is rebranding under a new name and status. More from Kevin Gallagher…:
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By the end of next week, 148,000 pediatric doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine should be in Louisiana to begin the first round of shots for five to 11 years. Brooke Thorington has more
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A new survey of members by 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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McVea says more than half of small business owners say the supply chain disruption is only getting worse.
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The latest NFIB survey indicates that sales levels are 50 percent or less than they were during pre-crisis levels for 14 percent of small businesses.
McVea tells us that business owners aren’t all that fearful that the supply chain and staffing issues will leave them with no choice but to close up shop.
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She says 26 percent of small employers are currently having to deal with significant staffing shortages and 22 percent with moderate staffing shortages.
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Senator Bill Cassidy is among 14 Senate Republicans looking to block the payment of nearly a half-million dollars each to illegal immigrants who were separated from their families at the border when detained.
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Cassidy calls the proposed payments an incentive for migrant families to put their children in harm’s way. The senators are introducing legislation to prevent these taxpayer-funded payouts.
Cassidy is outraged by the proposed payments to illegal immigrants.
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Cassidy seems to indicate the payments to illegal immigrants would be a slap in the face economically to citizens of this country.
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Senator John Kennedy, who is joining Cassidy in the legislative effort to head off the immigrant payments, says the move would be a “bitter insult to every person who has come to America by respecting our laws and borders.”
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Louisiana College, in Pineville, is changing its name and status and will soon be known as Louisiana Christian University. University President Rick Brewer says the school is fully accredited as a Level 3 institution by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), so the rebranding is more than appropriate…:
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Brewer says many students who want to attend a university associate the word “college” with a 2-year community or technical school, but the newly re-named LCU is much more than that. He says LCU will recruit the best and brightest who want a Christian education, and not only from Louisiana…:
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Over the years Louisiana College has made great strides in academics, athletics, safety & diversity and is ranked among the Top 30 Christian 4-Year schools. An official announcement of the rebranding to Louisiana Christian University is coming on November 16th. Brewer says LCU will provide another outlet within the state for students to get a quality graduate degree…:
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The new LCU’s sports teams will remain named “The Wildcats”.
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Pediatric doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine are beginning to arrive in Louisiana for children age five to eleven. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says by the end of the next week the state should have received 148,000 doses.
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The vaccine dose for this age group is a third of the adult dose and consists of two doses given twenty-one days apart. The pediatric dose is packaged differently so doses won’t be confused with those for 12 and older and/or those for adults. The pediatric doses are also being shipped with smaller needles.
Dr. Rachel Chatters, President of the Louisiana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics urges parents to have their children vaccinated to protect them from illness and keep them in school as much as possible.
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Chatters also points out that it’s the beginning of flu season and children can safely be immunized for both at the same time.
Dr. John Vanchiere, Chief of Pediatrics at LSU-Health Shreveport, who is also an investigator for the Pfizer vaccine clinical trial, says five- to eleven-year-olds account for 28 million of the nation’s population…
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Vanchiere says no shortcuts were taken in the safety protocols or in the production of the vaccine, only the bureaucratic burden was reduced.
Reported side effects are comparable to adults for example pain at the injection site, fatigue, fever, muscle ache, and headache.
For a list of available providers call 2-1-1 or the state’s vaccine hotline at 1-855-453-0774
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The 24th ranked Ragin Cajuns can win the Sun Belt West tonight for a fourth straight year with a win over Georgia State tonight at Cajun Field in a game televised by ESPN at 6:30. U-L Lafayette is coming off an impressive 45-0 homecoming victory over Texas State and Coach Billy Napier says it was a great win last Saturday, but tonight is a new challenge
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The Panthers are 4-and-4, but they’ve won three in a row, including a 21-14 win over Georgia Southern on Saturday. Napier says Georgia State has been playing well on defense…
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The Saints now know All-Pro receiver Michael Thomas will not return this season as he’s had a setback related to the surgery he had on his ankle in June. Starting left guard James Hurst says they have to take the next man up philosophy
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The Saints are five and two, but they will play the rest of the season without starting quarterback Jameis Winston and Thomas. Hurst says they can’t dwell on the unfortunate circumstances…
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