2:30 LRN Newscast Mar 2

Governor Edwards announces that COVID restrictions will be loosened, that means the majority of businesses including restaurants can operate at 75 percent capacity but…

Cut 12 (10) “ …vaccines now.” 

The New Orleans Archdiocese asks Catholics to take Pfizer or Moderna’s COVID vaccines instead of Johnson and Johnson’s “morally compromised” vaccine

Cut 1 (30) “ …I’m Matt Doyle.”  

The average price of a gallon of regular gas in Louisiana jumped ten cents in the last week to $2.43. AAA spokesperson Don Redman says while the demand for gas has yet to increase the price increase is being driven by higher crude oil prices.

Cut 6 (10) “…barrel.”

Regular gas has increased by 26-cents a gallon in the last month in Louisiana.

Nurseries were pummeled by the February winter storms and Ag Commission Mike Strain is pushing to get them USDA assistance. Strain says homeowners who also lost plants in the freeze can also help

their local struggling nurseries, but before you go in…

Cut 5  (12)  “…to you” 

Strain encouraged nursery owners to document their losses.