5:30 LRN Newscast Dec 30

The 5th Congressional District mourns the passing of Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, a career public servant. Matt Doyle has the story…

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi spoke of Letlow at a briefing today…

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With Phase One of COVID vaccinations underway to frontline healthcare workers, nursing home staff and residents, many are wondering who’s next up to get their shots in 2021.

Governor Edwards says those with end-stage renal disease who receive regular dialysis treatments have already begun receiving the vaccine ahead of their CDC recommended schedule.

Unfortunately, Kanter says we can’t pinpoint an exact date yet for when the state will move out of Phase One vaccinations and into Phase 1B.

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Medicaid enrollment increased by 208-thousand in Louisiana this year alone and now approximately 1.8 million receive Medicaid benefits or 39-percent of the state’s population. Louisiana Budget Project Executive Director Jan Moller says beside historic job losses, another reason more people are on Medicaid because early in the pandemic Congress passed The Families First Coronavirus Relief Act.
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