4:30 LRN Newscast Mar 19

Louisiana reports fewer than 400 COVID-19 hospitalizations for the first time since late March. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says we’re seeing historic lows in nearly all COVID-related categories right now.

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Louisiana gaming revenue is still slow to get back to normal after a tough 2020 was followed up by extreme weather to start 2021. Louisiana gaming establishments lost 877 million in revenue for 2020 compared to 2019. Louisiana Casino Association President Wade Duty…

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Close to 5,000 employees were laid off from state casinos throughout the course of 2020.

An effort to recall Governor John Bel Edwards falls way short of the signatures needed to force a recall election. Don Molino has the story…

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Voters in the 5th and 2nd Congressional Districts head to the polls Saturday to pick their next representative. District 2 was vacated after Congressman Cedric Richmond left to work in the Biden Administration and in District 5 after the death of Luke Letlow who died from COVID days before was to be sworn-in office. Polls open at 7 and close at 6.