Governor John Bel Edwards holds a 3:30 press conference today to announce new COVID-19 restrictions as the current order expires tomorrow. Many are wondering if Edwards will end the mask mandate.

The Advocate reports that nursing homes in Louisiana had just 17 new coronavirus cases among residents in its last weekly update…
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The state will continue to have six representatives in the U-S House as the state’s population grew enough not to lose representation in Congress.

A proposal to prohibit the state from requiring COVID-19 vaccine information on a person’s driver’s license or state I-D has started to move at the State Capitol as the measure received support from a House committee yesterday. Health Freedom Louisiana co-director Jill Hines testified in favor…
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The state Office of Motor Vehicles says there are no plans to enact vaccine passports in Louisiana, but this legislation still has a good chance of reaching the governor’s desk.

There was a big welcome home ceremony at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center yesterday as Tickfan native Kim Mulkey is the new coach of the LSU women’s basketball program after winning three national titles at Baylor…
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Mulkey takes over a program that went 9 and 13 last season.