The Trump campaign files election lawsuits in Pennsylvania and Michigan. Matt Doyle has the story.
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An LSU Health New Orleans Study in conjunction with John Hopkins finds the rates of myocarditis and COVID are not as prevalent and previously reported. Brooke Thorington explains.
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Home insurance rates will go up next year due to the historic hurricane season Louisiana suffered. Matt Doyle has more
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President Trump’s campaign has filed lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia over concerns poll watchers are not getting enough access to make sure votes are properly counted and raise absentee ballot concerns. Tulane Law Professor Stephen Griffin says it appears the Trump campaign opposes the counting of certain ballots.
The suits also seek greater access for campaign poll watchers into the locations where ballots are being counted. The campaign also wants to be given access to verify the legitimacy of already counted ballots.
The campaign has insinuated there’s been an issue with the counting of votes, but Griffin says unless they can demonstrate a clear violation they don’t really have a case.
Suits by local party groups are ongoing in other swing states, along with an inquiry into poor postal service delivery rates for mailed-in ballots in key states.
Griffin says even if courts oppose this initial wave of lawsuits it is likely this election will end up being very litigious…
Because states do not have to certify their results for weeks Griffin warns this legal battle could drag out for quite some time.
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The 2020 football season for several NCAA schools was in jeopardy after reports of myocarditis linked to COVID-19. In an abundance of caution, some schools chose to delay or sit out the season altogether. But an LSU Health New Orleans study shows COVID attacking the heart is not as prevalent as once thought. Professor Richard Vander Heide…
LSU Health New Orleans and researchers at John Hopkins gathered reported data of cardiovascular pathological findings from patients in nine countries. Previous studies with larger rates of myocarditis were from MRI data only, not autopsies. Dr. Vander Heide says their study found rates between one and seven percent.
However, Vander Heide says low rates of myocarditis doesn’t mean individuals infected with COVID are not having cardiovascular issues as a result.
The authors of the study also created a checklist for pathologists to use going forward when evaluating COVID in an autopsy for consistency in reporting findings.
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In the Bayou State, women represent 30 percent of candidates overall, and according to Louisiana Women Lead, just a third of those female candidates stand for center-right ideals. Renee Amar Executive Director of Louisiana Women Lead says that needs to change.
Amar says while research shows women win races as much as men, women only make up 18-percent of the legislature in the state. Amar says recruiting female candidates is difficult.
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Amar says young mothers face barriers running for office such as lack of adequate childcare and many females lack the guidance on how to enter the political ring, Women Lead is working to make that easier.
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Women Lead is hosting an online event to recruit right-centered women to run for office on Friday, November 6th For more information visit LouisianaWomenLead-dot-org.
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Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon warns this year’s incredibly active hurricane season will result in home insurance price increases of up to ten percent. Donelon says the last devastating season in 2005, statewide home insurance premiums went up 12 percent in 2006.
Donelon says unfortunately there was no avoiding the increases given the scale of the damage.
Donelon says 15 years ago when rates went up after 2005 they rose for three to four years before settling. So, should we expect that to happen again?
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The Ragin Cajuns play their first home game since October 14th when they host Arkansas State for homecoming on Saturday. Louisiana is 5-1 while the Red Wolves are 3-and-4 and have lost two in a row and scored just 17 points in those two defeats. But Cajuns Coach Billy Napier says Arkansas State is more than capable
Layne Hatcher and Logan Bonner have been sharing the quarterback duties for Arkansas State. Napier says both guys have experience and have shown the ability to move the ball down the field…
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The LSU Tigers are using the bye week to work on themselves after suffering a 37-point loss to Auburn. Coach Ed Orgeron still believes he can bring another championship to Baton Rouge, but they need to fight through this difficult time…
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The Saints are preparing for a big Sunday night matchup versus their division rival, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucs have one of the top defenses in the entire NFL and Coach Sean Payton explains what makes that unit so good.
The Saints beat Tampa Bay 34-23 in the season opener. Payton says the Bucs offense has improved since then.