The state has released a COVID contact tracing app that lets you know if you have been in contact with someone who has tested positive. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says the app requires you to opt in to voluntarily allowing the service to utilize your Bluetooth. Kanter says the state is not saving this information, and your phone will not tell you who the infected person you had contact with was.
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Qualifying for the March Congressional special elections is set with 15 candidates running in the 2nd district race and 13 candidates in the 5th.
Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says of the 28 candidates in the two fields combined it’s unlikely more than a few of them are serious candidates.
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Louisiana has been told by the federal government to expect a flat amount of weekly vaccine allocations for the next four to five weeks, which means about 58-thousand doses a week. Each state receives a percentage of doses based on its population that have been made available to the United States. Governor John Bel Edwards says as far as he can tell, Louisiana is receiving its proper share…
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The Louisiana Department of Insurance has received 691 formal complaints about home insurance companies related to issues stemming from Hurricanes Laura, Delta, and Zeta.
Smaller insurers have a higher rate of complaints filed against them per policyholder than bigger insurers. State Insurance commissioner Jim Donelon says when it comes to responsiveness bigger companies may have some advantages.
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Of the major insurers, Liberty Mutual had the lowest complaint rate, while State Farm had the highest.