Starting Monday all Louisiana residents 16 and older, regardless of health or occupation, can get an appointment to receive a COVID vaccine. Governor Edwards says the decision to open up eligibility ahead of schedule comes as the state is starting to get larger and larger vaccine allocations.
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1.1 million Louisianans have now received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine but there is a large regional disparity where central and southwest Louisiana have vaccination rates 50 percent lower than the New Orleans area. To address this disparity the department of health is launching Bring Back Louisiana, a mass vaccination campaign that State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says will be driven by tracking data…
Attorney General Jeff Landry is leading a multi-state lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s moratorium on new oil and gas leases, but Governor Edwards says the litigation is not needed. Biden issued a 60-day moratorium in January. Edwards says while new leases have stopped, he’s received word from industry leaders that permitting for existing leases has continued.
President Joe Bid says America, along with other nations, must reduce current levels of carbon extraction and production to avoid catastrophic levels of global warming.