New Orleans becomes the first city in the state to require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test to enter places like restaurants, bars. Mayor LaToya Cantrell made the announcement Thursday that goes into effect Monday the 16th, but she urges venues not to wait.
Places you’ll have to show proof include gyms, concerts venues, music halls, adult performance venues, casinos, sports complexes, stadiums including the Superdome,
Attorney General Jeff Landry says if a bar or restaurant owner chooses to require proof of vaccination or a negative test that’s their prerogative but having a government official set the policy opens up the city to litigation. Places like the Superdome.
LEAP test scores were down about five percent last school year, and the State Department of Education hopes to boost those scores back up through the Louisiana Comeback campaign. Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says the program has several components, attendance and wellbeing of students, recovery, and acceleration of learning, and professional development of teachers.
Yesterday marked five years since the start of the tragic and unprecedented flooding that covered most of Livingston parish and parts of surrounding parishes. Livingston Parish President Layton Ricks says the region is about 90 to 95 percent recovered now but it was a long road that left a lot of scars.
The flood began on August 12th and by the 13th flash flood emergencies