The legal tussle over whether Ochsner Health can require its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face termination should be resolved next month by the Louisiana Supreme Court. Loyola University law professor, Dane Ciolino, says in this case that the justices will consider…
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A hearing on the matter is set for December 7th.
Governor Edwards told the U-S Housing and Urban Development Secretary the state is ready to spend 595-million dollars in federal disaster recovery funds to help southwest Louisiana rebuild from the 2020 hurricanes. Much of the money will go to storm victims who need help to rebuild their homes and businesses. He says 90-million of the allocation is also required to pay efforts…
Edwards was in Washington earlier this week seeking additional money for southwest Louisiana.
The Biden Build Back Better Plan passed in the House Friday morning after an overnight delay on the vote. Brooke Thorington has more on the $1.75 trillion bill to support working families.
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Police in the Vermilion Parish town of Maurice are working their first homicide case in about 70 years. It happened Friday afternoon when investigators say 53-year-old Kevin Chargois was found shot to death in a roadway of the town. Robert St. Julien, said to be the man’s third cousin, and who initially reported the crime, was arrested after questioning on a charge of second-degree murder. No word on what the motive for the shooting was.