Governor Edwards is once again requiring indoor masking in state offices and health officials say it’s a good idea that the public starts to mask up again as what appears to be the fifth surge of COVID begins.
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The Omicron variant will not stop Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Mayor LaToya Cantrell says parades will return to the Big Easy in 2022, but many parade routes will change because of a shortage of police officers. The parading season begins February 18th.

There’s improvement to report in Louisiana’s job market. So says Louisiana Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Cates, who notes some of the improvement that’s taken place since Hurricane Ida struck, and despite COVID-19.
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The leisure and hospitality sector gained 27-hundred jobs from October to November.

Businessman Brandon Trosclair is asking the U-S Supreme Court to hear his lawsuit that attempts to stop President Biden from putting into a place vaccine mandate for employees who work for employers who have over 100 workers. Attorney Sarah Harbison with the Pelican Institute represents Trosclair and says the expense of the mandate is unrealistic…
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Right now the vaccinate mandate is set to go into place on January 10th.