Late evening and overnight storms wreaked havoc across much of Louisiana last night resulting in at least two deaths. In St. Landry Parish a tornado killed one man and injured seven others while up in Caddo Parish a 48-year-old Shreveport man was killed when a tree fell on his mobile home.
House Democrats release their Come Back Stronger Louisiana agenda for the upcoming legislative session. Don Molino has more.
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The share of new UK variant COVID cases as a portion of overall COVID cases appears to be multiplying rapidly in Louisiana. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says The CDC estimates a minimum of 13 percent of Louisiana COVID cases are the newer more deadly and contagious variety…
Kanter also warns the CDC variant tracking data has a several-week lag time and that the number is likely much higher right now.
Prison reform advocates pursue changes to the way prison labor is handled, targeting a provision of the state constitution called the “slavery exception” that relates to the nearly unpaid forced labor of Louisiana inmates. Executive Director of Decarcerate Louisiana Curtis Davis, who spent 25 years at Angola, is working to change that. He says prisoners are paid pennies for their work.