An AARP report finds that many Louisiana nursing homes are short-staffed. Director of the Louisiana AARP, Denise Bottcher, says the lack of PPE and an increasing rate of infected workers led to a 40-percent staffing shortage at Louisiana facilities from August 24th to September 20th…
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Bottcher says the infection rate during that four week period was two-point-seven cases per 100 nursing home residents.

The Louisiana House has approved a bill that would allow a student who has been prescribed medical marijuana the ability to take the drug at school if its administered by a school nurse. Shreveport Representative Thomas Pressly says schools are drug-free zones, but the bill’s author Larry Bagley says the treatment is not illegal…
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The measure heads to the Senate for more debate.

The City of New Orleans will now host the Super Bowl in 2025 instead of 2024. Brooke Thorington explains
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LSU’s game versus Florida on Saturday has been postponed until December 12th because of a COVID outbreak involving the Gators. The 21st ranked Ragin Cajuns lost their first game of the season last night, losing to Coastal Carolina 30-27. Louisiana Tech legend and NFL Hall of Famer Fred Dean has died from COVID-19 at the age of 68.