Louisiana went before the U.S. Supreme Court to argue against the Biden Administration’s COVID vaccine mandates for bigger businesses and health care workers. State Solicitor General Liz Murrill says the White House orders are a clear overreach…:

CUT 09  (15)        “…a COVID shot.”

She calls the mandate an un-precedented “bureaucratic power move.” But federal Deputy Solicitor General Brian Fletcher says the mandates are wholly appropriate…:

CUT 11  (09)        “…and Medicaid patients.”

Louisiana and other states are asking the High Court to uphold injunctions against enforcing the mandates.

A large building in historic downtown Lake Providence has been destroyed by an overnight fire. Police in the East Carroll Parish town say the fire started somewhere around 1 a.m. and was not extinguished until after 8. The building housed several businesses, including a Capital One Bank. The State Fire Marshal’s office is investigating.

The Department of Wildlife & Fisheries lifts a field-baiting ban for Union and Morehouse parishes, after becoming satisfied that deer in that area do not have Chronic Wasting Disease. LDWF biologist Scott Durham credits the help of hunters, who voluntarily gave up their deer taken for testing…:

CUT 04  (11)        “…help us in that.”

Because CWD has been detected in deer in four neighbor states, Durham encourages hunters statewide to keep bringing their deer kill in for further testing.