Second Congressional District Congressman Troy Carter begins his “Building A Better Louisiana Infrastructure Tour” in the state today. Brooke Thorington has more.
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A Tulane epidemiologist is expressing concern about yet another surge in COVID-19. More from Dave Brannen.
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New Orleans Congressman Troy Carter begins a tour today, visiting cities in his district and explaining how the seven billion dollars in Infrastructure funds Louisiana will receive will improve structures in his district. First up on his “Building A Better Louisiana Infrastructure Tour” a stop in New Orleans East at the Green Bridge which he says is so desperately in need of repairs.
On Thursday Carter says he will visit the Veterans Memorial Bridge in Gramercy and highlight the need for repairs for that bridge in St. James Parish. On Friday Carter will be in Baton Rouge to address proposed transit and rail funding projects for the state.
On Monday Carter will visit Southern University in Baton Rouge and discuss how infrastructure funds can assist minority-owned businesses.
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The $1.2 trillion dollar bill was signed a month ago today by President Biden. Carter says with guaranteed funding coming to the state, long-overdue projects like the New Orleans Water and Sewer System can now get off the ground.
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Carter was the only member of the Louisiana delegation in the House of Representatives in DC to support the bill.
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As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 becomes more prominent here in Louisiana and dozens of other states in the nation, Tulane epidemiologist, Dr. Susan Hassig is fearing yet another surge in the virus that’s already killed more than 800,000 people in the U.S.
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Dr. Hassig believes the state should move back to an indoor mask mandate to lessen the chance of Omicron spreading.
Dr. Hassig indicates that the clinical jury is still out on just how dangerous Omicron is compared to the known impact of the Delta variant.
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Omicron is said to be a highly transmissible variant of COVID, and given that and a persistent slow rise in the state, Dr. Hassig says Louisiana would be wise to re-implement an indoor mask mandate, even though such mandates are often ignored.
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The Louisiana Department of Health says nearly two hundred people are currently hospitalized with COVID and 88-percent had not been fully vaccinated. The total death toll from COVID in the state since the start of the pandemic is now just shy of 15-thousand.
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State police are investigating an officer-involved shooting near Duson in Lafayette Parish. It happened around 7:30 Tuesday morning as sheriff’s deputies investigated a car with a possible stolen license plate. The passenger surrendered peacefully, but Trooper Thomas Gossen said the driver had other ideas.
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Deputies found the 41-year-old Lafayette man at a home suffering from gunshot wounds. He’s hospitalized with apparent non-life-threatening injuries.
Trooper Gossen says when deputies first encountered the vehicle and its two occupants they were in front of a building in the 100-block of Charbonnet Road near Duson.
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Instead, he drove towards the deputies, at least one deputy opened fire and wounded the driver before he left the scene and abandoned the vehicle before fleeing into a Lafayette Parish home.
Trooper Gossen talks about how deputies were able to locate the suspect.
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Today begins the early signing day period for college football and LSU has signed the top two players in the state. Neville offensive tackle Will Campbell and St. Thomas More Quarterback Walker Howard. Campbell says he’s excited to play for new head coach Brian Kelly
Campbell is a five-star prospect and with LSU losing four starters from its current offensive line, Campbell could see the field sooner than later. He’s eager to learn from offensive line coach Brad Davis…
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