The Department of Health confirms the state’s second and third cases of the UK variant of COVID-19. The new cases were found in Southwest Louisiana, and the greater New Orleans area. With a new variant of the virus entering the state, Governor John Bel Edwards calls on residents to be even more diligent about masking and social distancing.
The UK variant is 50-percent more contagious.
State Treasurer John Schroder announces his office distributed 262-million dollars in main street recovery grants to just over 20-thousand small businesses. Schroder says the pandemic devastated small businesses and the Main Street Recovery Grant Program gave them a fighting chance to survive.
Republicans decide who will be the next chair of the state party tomorrow, incumbent Louis Gurvich or his challenger, Alexandria Lawmaker Lance Harris. Gurvich has served as chair since 2018, taking over for longtime chairman Roger Villere. LSU Shreveport Political Science Professor Jeff Sadow says under Gurvich Republicans nearly took a supermajority in the Legislature. His 2019 showing was strong…
It’s the final weekend of January and that means we are another week closer to the heart of the crawfish season. Acadia Parish crawfish farmer Alan Lawson says the crawfish season is off to a slow start, but he expects the catch will come around in another few weeks…