News from the legislature. After hundreds of nursing home patients were evacuated to a Tangipahoa Parish warehouse during Hurricane Ida – where many died from terrible conditions – lawmakers are responding with legislation. Brooke Thorington has more on one of those bills…:

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Hotels in Baton Rouge report they are nearly booked up solid for this Saturday night’s big Garth Brooks concert in Tiger Stadium. Believe or not, there are still SOME tickets available through Ticketmaster.

Deputies in Vernon Parish are investigating a murder-suicide in the town of Anacoco Monday. Detectives say the think 49-year-old Shawn Raines shot his 36-year-old girlfriend, Rebecca Freeney, and then himself. Three kids – all between 11 and 14 – were in the home at the time and until officers arrived.

There are some encouraging numbers from the Department of health on COVID. The latest figures show only 38 patients hospitalized statewide, with not a single patient currently on a ventilator. State Health Officer, Dr. Joe Kanter says the numbers don’t mean there’s no longer a reason to take precautions and believes another surge is likely at some point, though Louisiana is in much better shape to face that when the time comes…:

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Kanter says getting your latest booster is a good idea.

A Morgan City man is among 78 people granted clemency by President Biden this week. Terry Booty has been in prison since 2008 on numerous drug charges. Biden’s order shortens his sentence to end one year from today, with another ten years home confinement.