2021 was a record-setting year for Louisiana in a bad way. Kevin Gallagher reports on the record number of traffic deaths last year…:
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Meanwhile, Governor John Bel Edwards’s office announces two-point-six billion dollars in Army Corps of Engineers Funding for Louisiana projects. Edwards says the supplemental disaster relief bill includes over two billion dollars in funding for coastal and other flood protection projects. Millions will also be spent on reinforcing levees.

US Senate candidate and Baton Rouge Democrat Gary Chambers made national headlines this week for his internet campaign ad that shows him smoking marijuana as he lobbies for legalization and decriminalization of pot. During his Ask the Governor show, John Bel Edwards says he’s not a fan of the ad…
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Edwards says he’s attracted to Luke Mixon’s candidacy, he’s the other announced Democratic challenger to Republican Senator John Kennedy.

Many people have questions about COVID vaccines and their effect on fertility. Shreveport OB/GYN Dr. Leonard Weather, Jr. says in men it’s COVID that’s been shown to reduce sperm count, not the vaccine.
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Weather recommends that everyone who is medically eligible be vaccinated and boosted to avoid serious complications for the COVID.