The Louisiana Supreme Court will be the next stop for two combined cases challenging Ochsner Health’s mandate that all its workers be vaccinated against COVID-19. More from Jeff Palermo.
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The Biden Build Back Plan passed in the House Friday and critics of the $1.75 trillion bill say it will only discourage some from entering the workforce. Congressman Troy Carter says he respectively disagrees because the bill provides funding for childcare which will allow more parents to return to work. Opponents say the bill will cost an estimated $1.6 trillion and it’s the largest non-emergency spending measure since the 60s.
Governor Edwards told U-S Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge the state is ready to spend 595-million dollars in federal disaster recovery funds to help southwest Louisiana rebuild from the 2020 hurricanes. Edwards says they are anxious for the feds to issue rules on how the grant dollars can be used.
Louisiana GOP Congresswoman Julia Letlow is introducing the Parents Bill of Rights Act that’s geared toward further opening the line of meaningful dialog between families and their child’s school.
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Letlow says education is not a job parents or schools can do by themselves.