The legal hurdles 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, expressed surprise when the state’s 2nd Court of Appeals sided with Shreveport Ochsner employees opposed to the vaccine mandate, blocking it last month.
Ciolino predicts that Ochsner Health will emerge victorious in the state Supreme Court case given that Louisiana is an “at will” state when it comes to employment.
The Biden Build Back Better Plan passed in the House this morning after an hours-long speech overnight delayed the vote. The $1.75 trillion bill will assist working families with childcare for about 300,000 young children, provide universal pre-school and Pell Grant awards. Congressman Troy Carter says it’s so important to educate children even before kindergarten during their formative years
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The bill now heads to the Senate.
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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. Edwards was in D-C earlier this week seeking additional money for southwest Louisiana. He believes the trip will help pay dividends…
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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. She says the legislation would also bring more transparency to a school’s budget and spending.
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Letlow notes that many schools in the nation and in Louisiana are already practicing what’s in her bill.