Due to new federal rules, Louisiana is one of 12 states where a prescription is now required to get the latest COVID-19 vaccine. Senator Bill Cassidy says the new rules are counterproductive.
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There is a work around where the State Surgeon General can write a blanket prescription covering residents of the state.
Today is the statistical peak of the hurricane season, and the National Hurricane Center is not expecting a storm to form over the next week. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says there have been six named storms and just one hurricane.
Keim says Bermuda High Pressure has kept storms away from the United States.
The mayor of New Orleans will be arraigned in a federal courtroom this afternoon. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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DWI arrests are up by four percent in Louisiana. Almost 14 thousand people were arrested last year. Mark Lambert with the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission says increased law enforcement is helping keep the roads safer.
The number of people killed on Louisiana roads has dropped to its lowest level in five years.