BESE voted to adjourn today’s meeting where members were expected to vote on allowing school districts to set their own masking policy. Matt Doyle has more on the raucous occasion…
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During his monthly call-in radio show, Governor John Bel Edwards defended his public health order that requires masks in schools. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Senator John Kennedy slams the Biden Administration’s handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal.
President Biden defended the decision, saying while the collapse of the government was faster than anticipated it was clear the people weren’t willing to fight to defend that government. Kennedy says the withdrawal empowers global jihadists…
Kennedy says Biden’s hasty withdrawal was an attempt for Biden to win some political points…
Biden disagrees, saying in his experience there is no good time to withdraw but that there was clearly no longer a national security interest in staying in the country
Kennedy accuses the Biden Administration of not having a proper exit strategy and leaving thousands of American allies behind Taliban lines.
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Anti-mask protestors shut down this morning’s BESE meeting where members were expected to vote on whether or not to allow individual school boards to accept or reject the Governor’s mask mandate.
The meeting began in chaos and after it became clear many attendees refused to put on a mask BESE member Holly Boffy moved to adjourn…
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The vote was 8-2, and as of now the Governor’s statewide mask mandate still applies to all K-12 schools.
BESE member Ronnie Morris asked the unruly crowd to please cooperate and put on a mask so that the meeting could continue…
That request provoked outrage from the audience.
Before the meeting was adjourned there were frequent interruptions from audience members repeating misinformation about standard masks not being effective against COVID transmission.
Central Pastor Tony Spell, who was once arrested for refusing to cease his services during the pandemic, was also in attendance and briefly seized control of the room at one point. He led the crowd in anti-mask chants.
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is alerting residents of a fake social media post with their logo claiming you won’t be able to obtain a hunting license if you can’t show proof of vaccination. LDWF Spokesperson Ed Pratt says it’s not true and the misinformation that’s being spread is most unfortunate.
Pratt says there are lots of emotions around mask and vaccine mandates at this time and having the agency placed in the midst of the ongoing debate is not fair.
LDWF learned of the post with their logo this week after someone in Mississippi called and notified agents. Pratt says they want to nip the misinformation in the bud and remind the public that your vaccination status is not linked to the purchase or renewal of your hunting license.
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On his monthly Ask the Governor’s show, Governor Edwards defended the need for masks inside schools
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The state reported 66-hundred new coronavirus cases today and state officials say 28-percent of all new COVID cases are children. But those numbers didn’t stop a crowd of anti-maskers from allowing a debate to occur at a BESE meeting over masks in schools. Edwards says there are some who are not listening to the information from the state department of health…
39-percent of the state’s population is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. That’s up from 33-percent a month ago. Edwards says the state is making progress in getting more people vaccinated…