For the first time since the state began reporting COVID hospitalizations, there are fewer than 100 people in the hospital suffering from COVID. But health officials continue to urge the unvaccinated to get the COVID shot…
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The state’s vaccination rate is nearly 53-percent.

A statewide poll of 600 likely voters finds that 48-percent of respondents believe Governor John Bel Edwards did a good job of handling the pandemic and that same poll gives the governor a 49-percent approval rating.

Waiting for debate on the House floor is a bill that could lead to jail time for those under the age of 18 who are convicted of marijuana possession. Stonewall Representative Larry Bagley’s bill would punish first offenders possessing half an ounce or less to probation, but no more than 15 days in jail. Having more than 14 grams could lead to no more than six months. Bagley compares his proposed sentencing to one of the first states to legalize recreational marijuana for adults while forbidding it for minors; Colorado…:
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Warm today with temperatures in the low 80s, but there’s another threat for severe weather tomorrow from a cold front that will sweep across the state. State Climatologist Barry Keim says everyone should be weather aware tomorrow.
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