During debate on a bill that would make vaccine discrimination a crime, Stonewall Representative Larry Bagley says the COVID vaccines are what may have caused a heart attack he suffered earlier this month. But the American Heart Association recommends that people should get the COVID vaccine and studies have shown getting COVID increases the risk of heart problems.

Within hours after the tornado hit the community of Arabi, the United Way of Southeast Louisiana was collecting donations. Brooke Thorington has more
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Legislation that would force a person found guilty of vehicular homicide to pay restitution to the children of a parent who dies in the crash heads to the House floor. Valerie Sanders testified in favor of the bill after her son was killed by a drunk driver and left behind two small children to be raised by her son’s widow.
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The measure heads to the House floor.

The Louisiana Board of Regents has approved a new policy that eliminated remedial courses in colleges, instead, college students needing remediation will be placed in gateway math-English courses while given additional academic support, an approach known as co-requisite. Doctor Tristan Denly says this new approach will help current students but also attract adult learners to come back to campus as well…
cut 6 (13) “….continue their studies”