8:30 LRN Newscast November 29

There have been 769-thousand COVID cases in Louisiana and for many patients, they lose the sense of smell for weeks. Doctor Kevin McLaughlin, ear, nose, and throat surgery professor at LSU Health New Orleans says that’s because the cells surrounding the olfactory nerves are damaged…
cut 11 (13) “….and injury”

Covington Representative Mark Wright has been named the new chairman of the House Transportation Committee. As a result of the federal infrastructure bill, the state is set to receive an additional seven billion dollars to improve infrastructure and Wright wants to make sure a good portion of that money will go towards updating our ports…
cut 6 (07) “…to focus on”

Who is LSU athletic director Scott Woodward focusing on to be the next head coach at LSU. Florida and USC moved quickly to fill their vacancies.

Early voting is this week for the December eleventh election at select voting locations from 8:30 to 6 PM through Saturday. 29 parishes have no elections, while 26 parishes have only local propositions and seven parishes have local propositions and candidate races. Louisiana pollster John Covillon of JMC Analytics expects turnout to be light statewide…
cut 15 (11) “….by the holidays”
The highest turnout could be in St. Tammany Parish as voters will decide if a casino-resort will be built in Slidell.

It’s Cyber Monday, which concludes a busy holiday shopping weekend. Jill Gonzales from the personal finance website WalletHub warns against the option of deferred interest on credit cards especially if you don’t think you’ll be able to pay it off in the given time period. Gonzales says for example if you don’t pay off the credit in the allotted time…
Cut 9 (08) “…tricky situation.”
She says sometimes deferred interest can make your holiday purchases up to 27 times more expensive than you anticipated.