Governor Edwards’ office announces help for homeowners set behind on mortgage payments because of the pandemic. Kevin Gallagher has that…:
Cut 1 (33) “…I’m Kevin Gallagher.”

New Orleans’ indoor mask mandate returns today as the city’s health director says the Big Easy is averaging 12-hundred new cases per day. A group of teachers in East Baton Rouge parish says they will not report to school today, because of rising COVID cases. COVID hospitalizations are up to 19-hundred statewide.

The Revenue Estimating Conference has recognized a budget surplus of one-point-six billion dollars for the current fiscal year and last fiscal year. The R-E-C is also projecting an additional 765-million dollars in tax revenues for the next fiscal year which begins in July. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says that will allow the state to fund major priorities…
cut 8 (11) “…passed last year”

Louisiana Public Broadcasting has launched a social media campaign called “Save Mardi Gras 2022.” L-P-B hopes the campaign will raise vaccination rates. The station’s executive producer Linda Midgett says Louisianans are eager to celebrate together again…
cut 15 (10) “….around us”
Just over 50-percent of the state’s population is fully vaccinated.