Louisiana is getting a shot at having clean drinking water where it may not exist for one reason or another.
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At this hour, Governor John Bel Edwards is providing an update on the state’s response to COVID-19. Edwards says the omicron variant has not been detected in Louisiana so far, but that doesn’t mean it’s not here. Omicron variant has been detected in five states.

Concerns are growing in the state about the possibility of Chronic Wasting Disease infecting white-tailed deer in Louisiana. This after CWD was found in one of the animals in Union County, Arkansas.
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That’s State Veterinarian Jim LaCour with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries who says the agency has issued a ban on baiting and feeding in nearby Moorehouse and Union parishes beginning December 6.

Monroe Representative Patricia Moore, who also serves on the House Transportation Committee says she’s hopeful a portion of the federal infrastructure funds will go towards easing congestion along Interstate 20 between Monroe and West Monroe by adding a lane in each direction…
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Moore says she hopes to hear in a couple of weeks that funding will be available to widen I-20 in the Monroe area.