State Attorney General Jeff Landry was at the U.S. Supreme Court in D.C. today for oral arguments against White House coronavirus vaccine mandates. Lower courts have granted injunctions to block the orders that all health workers get the jab, and that companies with 100 or more employees also require they get vaccinated. Louisiana’s Solicitor General Liz Murrill asks justices to uphold those rulings, as the mandates will create negative consequences…:

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Speaking for the Biden Administration and federal authorities, Deputy Solicitor General Brian Fletcher, who says health Secretary Xavier Becerra weighed those possibilities heavily before agreeing to the mandates…:

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The Justices’ decision will be forthcoming.

The state Supreme Court rules that Ochsner Health HAS the right to fire employees who do not comply with COVID vaccination requirements. The decision reinstates the mandate that employees get the shots and boosters or submit to regular testing … or find work elsewhere. Ochsner is one of the state’s largest health care providers.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries lifts a baiting ban in Union and Morehouse Parishes after not finding chronic wasting disease in any of the local deer. Jeff Palermo has the story…:

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