Of the 834,000 Louisianans who’ve completed their vaccine series, only 126 have tested positive for COVID-19 so far. Matt Doyle has the story.
Baton Rouge contractor Kelly Sills was arrested at Disney World in Orlando in February for trespassing after he refused to have his temperature checked. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office Sills says told officers he couldn’t be trespassing because he paid $15,000 to be there. Sills, of Coastal Bridge, made headlines earlier this year over alleged failure to pay employees health insurance premiums.
The Legislative Auditor says 98 thousand indelible people received more than 405 million dollars in unemployment benefits in Louisiana from March of 2020 to the end of the year. Auditor Chris Magee says filings rose more than two-hundred thousand percent from pre-pandemic levels which led to errors…
Cut 4 (11) “…improper payments.”
LWC will ask for repayment or it will be added to tax returns.
In a poll of 781 Louisiana adults, roughly half of the state’s residents approve of Louisiana’s response to the pandemic. LSU Public Policy Research Lab Director Mike Henderson says the 2021 Louisiana survey shows a divide among party lines.