Governor John Bel Edwards will announce this afternoon if he’ll lift the statewide indoor mask mandate. Stephen Procopio Policy Director for the Louisiana Public Affairs Research Council has been tracking the pandemic numbers and says the figures suggest the fourth surge has winded down…
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Edwards reinstated the statewide mask mandate in August, but COVID hospitalizations have fallen to 332, the lowest it’s been since early July.

Schools systems are struggling with a teacher shortage. Louisiana Association of School Superintendent’s executive director Michael Faulk says retirements have increased as some teachers are dismayed with the curriculums they are forced to teach…
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And Faulk says fewer teachers are entering the profession.

Data from the Moderna COVID vaccine clinical trial indicates the vaccine is both safe and effective for ages 6 to 11…..
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State Police say a 19-year-old who was not buckled up was killed in a single-vehicle wreck in St. Landry Parish yesterday. 19-year-old India Faith Young of Opelousas was ejected from her vehicle after striking a culvert. She was pronounced dead at the scene.