Governor John Bel Edwards has told the White House that southwest Louisiana needs three billion dollars to help rebuild homes, businesses, and other infrastructure following last year’s hurricanes. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise says the White House knows what must be done, but they have yet to ask Congress to approve the funding…
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A spokesperson for Senator John Kennedy says Louisiana’s junior senator will try to add disaster relief money to an infrastructure bill that could start moving soon in the Senate.
The state’s largest healthcare system reports a 700-percent increase in COVID hospital patients in the last month. Ochsner CEO Warner Thomas says and among the COVID patients at their facilities a large majority are unvaccinated.
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The Louisiana High School Athletic Association and Ochsner Health have launched a five-year partnership where Ochsner will be the title sponsor for all LHSAA championship events. LHSAA Director Eddie Bonine says it’s a perfect partnership since it will provide a lot of potential career paths…
The town of Mamou in Evangeline Parish will soon be home to a swinger trailer park. The slogan for Tee Boi’s Swinger Trailer Park is bring your house and share your spouse. Nick Broussard works for the owner of the Trailer Park admits it’s quite the unique business venture…
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Broussard says they’ve received phone calls, from New York, California, and everywhere in between. Anticipated opening is Memorial Day weekend of 2022.