The state will move to Phase Three COVID restrictions Wednesday, Governor Edwards says most businesses including restaurants can operate at 75 percent capacity. Bars in all parishes can open at 25 percent capacity and bars in parishes with a positivity rate under five percent can operate at 50 percent capacity. The mask mandate will stay in place.
The New Orleans Archdiocese calls the Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccine “morally compromised” due to its use of abortion-derived cell material. LSU Religious Studies Professor Michael Pasquier (Pass-kay) says the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines only used abortion-derived cells in research, while J&J used them in manufacturing.
Nurseries were pummeled by the February winter storms and Ag Commission Mike Strain is pushing to get them USDA assistance. Yesterday Strain toured Forest Hill in Rapides Parish, a place called the heart of the state’s nursery industry.
Strain told growers to keep good records, photograph everything, and contact their farming services as soon as they can.
The average price a gallon of regular gas in Louisiana jumped ten cents in the last week to $2.43. AAA spokesman Don Redman says it’s a result of an increase in crude oil prices, not a demand in use. He says while an increase in price hurts the average consumer, higher crude oil prices help the state economy.
Regular gas is up 26-cents in Louisiana from a month ago.