Governor John Bel Edwards will announce whether the state will further lift COVID restrictions this afternoon at a 330 press conference. Edwards is not tipping his hand as to whether the Bayou State will drop the mask mandate.
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The number of new COVID-19 deaths reported yesterday was six and COVID-19 hospitalizations were 319, a slight decrease from last week.

The Title Nine scandal at LSU has dominated the news, but there was reason to celebrate on the Baton Rouge campus yesterday as the school introduced one of the winningest coaches in women’s basketball, Kim Mukley, who takes over the Lady Tigers basketball program. During her introductory press conference, Mulkey recognized the elephant in the room and promised to make a difference…
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Seven women have filed a federal Title Nine lawsuit against LSU and the school’s Board of Supervisors claiming the university failed to address allegations of assault and sexual harassment.

Under a bill by Gonzales Representative Kathy Edmonston, that’s headed to the House floor your state driver’s license can not be turned into a vaccine passport. Matt Doyle has more.
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