The state health department says as a result of new CDC guidance, anyone 12 years of age and up can receive Pfizer’s Covid vaccine. Taylor Sharp has more.
In New Iberia, there’s now a historical marker honoring the late Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco. The marker to honor the state’s first female governor in her hometown was unveiled Wednesday. Blanco died in 2019 after a lengthy bout with cancer. She was 76.
A House committee approves legislation that would allow either chamber of the Legislature to fully terminate or modify an emergency declaration by the Governor on a majority vote. New Orleans Representative Candace Newell opposed the bill. She says the Legislature is not equipped to respond to disasters in the same way the Governor is.
The final vote was 7-5, if passed the legislation would take effect in 2024.
The second Louisiana-themed episode of Restaurant Recovery airs on Discovery Plus today The show is the brainchild of Raising Cane’s CEO Todd Graves who assisted ten eateries impacted by the pandemic. Graves helps Domilise’s in New Orleans and Baton Rouge staple Poor Boy Lloyd’s, who’s owners went into credit card debt to pay their own employees.