With no debate, the Senate overwhelmingly agrees to advance Senator Beth Mizell’s bill to ban transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports…
Cut 2 (30) “…I’m Brooke Thorington”

The Louisiana House has approved a bill that would remove the need for a permit in order to carry a concealed handgun. Similar legislation has also passed in the Senate, but Governor Edwards opposes the idea.

President Biden will be in Lake Charles and New Orleans today to promote his plan to spend trillions of dollars on an infrastructure plan.

The state health department reports 27-percent of the state’s residents are fully vaccinated while 32-percent have received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine. State Health Officer Doctor Joe Kanter says with the demand for the vaccine waning, they are moving away from mass vaccine events and into targeted community outreach, like a new program that vaccinates homebound individuals at their home…
cut 16 (09) “….vaccine”

The U-S Birth Rate has fallen to its lowest point ever after falling four percent from 2019 to 2020. LSU Health New Orleans Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Doctor Robert Maupin says COVID likely played a role in the steep decrease…
cut 9 (11) “….year and a half”