2022 is starting much like 2021 started with over one thousand people in the hospital suffering from COVID in Louisiana. The Louisiana Department of Health reports 76-percent of those patients are not up to date on their COVID vaccine. LDH reports 15-thousand new cases since New Year’s Eve.

The New Year brings new changes to the state’s tax code and it will impact your paycheck. Kevin Gallagher has more…:
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The new year brings a change to the state’s medical-marijuana program as eligible patients can now buy it in smokeable form. Houma Representative Tanner Magee…
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And the smokeable form is cheaper than the other medical marijuana products.

2022 is shaping up to be an active year for politics in Louisiana. “LAPolitics.com” publisher Jeremy Alford says first up a redistricting session in February. Alford says partisan politics PLUS population losses will come into play as legislators redraw district lines for Congress, the legislature, Public Service Commission and state courts…:
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Governor Edwards has said he wants a second majority-minority Congressional district, but Alford expects the GOP-led legislature will resist.