A bill filed for the regular legislative session in March would assure nursing homes have emergency power for disasters and other emergencies. St. Martin Parish Senator Fred Mills is the bill’s sponsor. He says MOST nursing homes are already taking care of this, but…
Mills says he brought the bill after talking with the nursing homes industry, who wish to be proactive in avoiding another tragedy like last summer at a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish.
While COVID cases continue to drop in the Omicron surge State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says the state’s overall fully vaccinated rate is 52-percent which he says needs to increase. But Kanter remains hopeful after more than 58 thousand got their first shot last month.
NOAA issued a report that projects sea levels to rise by up to a foot within the next 30 years. Natalie Snider, Associate Vice President at the Environmental Defense Fund, says the time is now for Louisiana to put plans into action to protect vulnerable coastal communities.
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In an effort to keep repeat DWI drivers off the road, judges in Acadia, Lafayette, and Vermilion parishes can offer those with first or second convictions to be screened for substance abuse or a mental health disorder. Executive director of the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Lisa Freeman says screening is a proven impaired driver countermeasure.