As the number of coronavirus cases soar in Louisiana, state officials are scrambling to find more ventilators. The state health department says 163 hospitalized patients are on ventilators and 300 new ventilators are expected to be in New Orleans by early next week, but Governor John Bel Edwards is still concerned…
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The state currently has 1,795 cases of the virus and 65 reported deaths
As the coronavirus forces the economy into a freefall, oil and gas prices continue to drop. Patrick DeHaan, Head of Petroleum Analysis with Gas Buddy says prices at the pump for the month of March continue to drop to the lowest levels we’ve seen in eighteen years. DaHaan gives an update on Louisiana.
The U-S Senate approved a massive two-point-two trillion-dollar stimulus package last night that will result in direct checks to most Americans. Senator John Kennedy says the legislation also contains 350-billion dollars for small businesses…
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The House is expected to vote on the measure on Friday.
Four people are dead, including a 2-year-old, following crash on Progress Road in Baton Rouge. Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola says last night around 9:30, a driver and two passengers were in an Oldsmobile traveling at a high rate of speed when control of the vehicle was lost.
Someone in the home was also killed in the wreck.