A COVID-19 treatment could be ready by fall according to one famed Louisiana politico. Matt Doyle has the story…
The department of health released new COVID-19 numbers and hospitalization rates for state the decreased by 16 to 831 and vent usage increased by one to 103. The state has a tally 38,054 total cases for the state and fatalities increased by 11 to 2,596.
Eight teenagers were injured when shots were fired early Monday morning during an unsupervised graduation party involving about 200 people at a business in Lake Charles on Highway 90. Chief Deputy Stitch Guillory with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s office says one of the gunmen, 17-year-old Devin Levier, suffered a gunshot wound to the stomach.
23-year-old Mary Brignac was also arrested she is charged with possession of a stolen firearm.
A Senate-backed tort reform bill that supporters say will lower auto insurance premiums is heading to the House floor after getting approval from the House Civil Law Committee. River Ridge Senator Kirk Talbot says auto insurance companies will be able to reduce rates because the legislation makes several changes to the state’s civil justice system for example it would lower the jury threshold from 50-thousand to five-thousand dollars…