Governor John Bel Edwards’s indoor mask mandate takes effect today, one day after the state set a record for the number of COVID patients in the hospital. Health officials continue to encourage everyone over the age of 12 to get the COVID vaccine and that includes pregnant women. Ochsner Baptist OBGYN Doctor Jane Martin got vaccinated during her own pregnancy. She says she made that decision after seeing many pregnant women hospitalized with COVID and data confirming the increased risk…
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The U-S Senate is working on a one-point-two trillion-dollar infrastructure bill that Senator Bill Cassidy says will send six billion dollars to Louisiana to improve roads and bridges….
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Senators have proposed using 200-million dollars in money already earmarked for pandemic relief to help pay for this legislation.

The Louisiana Workforce Commission is hosting job fairs in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Houma, Monroe, Lake Charles, Lafayette, Alexandria, and Shreveport today. Matt Doyle has more…
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