Attorney General Jeff Landry is in Washington D.C. today to deliver oral arguments to the Supreme Court against the Biden Administration’s plan to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for select healthcare workers. Landry says it’s a big day for the country…
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The Louisiana A-G’s office will tell the nation’s highest court that the vaccine mandate is a government overreach.

Louisiana reported another single-day high for new COVID infections as the state health department reported 14-thousand cases on Thursday. Governor John Bel Edwards continues to encourage residents to get vaccinated and mask up…
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COVID hospitalizations have reached 14-hundred, a 700-percent increase from three weeks ago.

Amidst the fifth COVID surge, the ability to find a rapid test is proving to be extremely difficult. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says supply is not able to keep up with demand but if you are showing symptoms or have a known exposure you can receive a PCR test.
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If you need to find a place to get tested call 2-1-1..

Commercials are all over Louisiana TV and radio about online sports betting “Coming Soon”, but HOW soon? State Gaming Control Board Chairman Ronnie Johns says – first – he’d like to dispel a few rumors…:
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Johns says there’s still more work to do before they can green light online sports betting that includes the geofencing component so that online sports bets can’t happen in the nine parishes that voted against it.