The state’s two US Senators are at odds over a bipartisan infrastructure bill that looks set to receive a vote tomorrow. Senator Bill Cassidy backs the plan he helped craft, saying it will drive six billion dollars in money for roads and bridges into the state, while Senator John Kennedy lambasted it for raising taxes on businesses and having a deficit price tag of 250 billion dollars…
Kennedy says another reason he did not support the bill was the despite the cost the Senate refused to include Hurricane Laura relief funds for Southwest Louisiana.
Over 2,700 patients now sit in Louisiana hospitals with COVID. 50 hospitals are now requesting additional aid and Cassidy commented on the ongoing nursing shortage that is hampering our healthcare response.
LSU’s live mascot Mike the Tiger has received his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccination. Jeff Palermo on how this came to be…
Jazz Fest has been canceled for this year. The plan to move ahead with an October festival staring the Rolling Stones, Foo Fighters, Lizzo, and other hitmakers will not proceed after the decision was made to nix this year’s already once delayed festival due to the Delta surge. Plans are, for now, to move ahead with the usual springtime festival next year.