Louisiana ranks 14th in the country according to the CDC for the percentage of COVID vaccines administered. Louisiana Health Secretary Doctor Courtney Phillips told a Congressional committee the ranking would be higher, but they are holding second doses back so recipients can receive the maximum protection from the virus…
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Starting tomorrow, 56 Walmart stores around the state will start administering doses.

Biologists are trying to determine why millions of pounds of oysters died in the Plaquemines Parish area. L-D-W-F’s Oyster Program Manager Caroline Bourque (Caro-leena Bork) says die-offs are more common in the summer…
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This is just the latest blow for oyster producers who saw losses in 2019 as a result of fresh water that flowed into their production areas because of a high Mississippi River.

Republicans file long-shot legislation to overturn President Biden’s executive orders restricting oil and gas leasing and ending the Keystone Pipeline. Matt Doyle has the story.
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According to the latest numbers from the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the state added 37-hundred jobs from November to December. One-point-nine million people were employed in December, but that’s down 83-thousand jobs from December 2019. The unemployment rate in December was just below seven percent.