5th Congressional District Congressman-elect Luke Letlow is now in the ICU battling COVID-19. Earlier this week the former chief of staff for outgoing Congressman Ralph Abraham announced he had tested positive and was in the hospital. Letlow is reportedly in stable condition at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport and receiving remdesivir and steroids.
President Trump’s surprise 180 on the COVID Relief Bill last night perplexes Congressman Garret Graves.
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Baton Rouge Judge William Morvant has been ordered by the state Supreme Court to rehear a case involving a State House petition that claims to have the legal authority to override the Governor’s COVID public health restrictions. On November 12th Morvant ruled a petition signed by a majority of House members was unconstitutional. House Speaker Clay Schexnayder says the petition process was signed into law in the early 2000s…
The Senate rejected calls to circulate a similar petition.
A four-year-old was killed in a New Iberia house fire after panicking and running away as the family escaped the house. Fire Marshal spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says in situations like a house fire it is common for children to get scared so teach them a plan…