Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry says local governments will share 325-million dollars over the next 18 years from a legal settlement involving several pharmaceutical firms over the manufacturing and marketing of opioids. Landry says there is a catch…
cut 4 (12) “….agree and participate”
Landry expects that to happen and the money will be used to treat opioid addicts.

Governor John Bel Edwards received his COVID booster shot yesterday and he also got his flu shot during a visit to Baton Rouge General Hospital. Edwards says we still need to protect ourselves, even though there was a relatively small number of cases last flu season…
cut 9 (10) “…light flu season”

Senator John Kennedy has an announced challenger to his 2022 re-election bid. Brooke Thorington reports the challenger is a political newcomer who is a Baton Rouge military veteran and commercial airline pilot…
cut 2 (29) “…I’m Brooke Thorington”

New Orleans City Councilwoman Helena Moreno met with Vice-President Kamala Harris yesterday as the two talked about building a more resilient power grid. Meanwhile, Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee-Sheng is calling on utilities to be built underground in her parish. She calls all of the power poles ugly.