Instead of hosting number one ranked Alabama on Saturday, Tiger Stadium will be empty as a COVID-19 outbreak has sidelined the team. Jeff Palermo has the story
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Louisiana moves past 200-thousand coronavirus cases since the pandemic started after reporting nearly 35-hundred new cases on Friday. Don Molino has more…
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Three college football games involving teams from Louisiana have been postponed this weekend due to Covid-19 concerns. LSU, Louisiana Tech and ULM are each dealing with coronavirus cases on their team. The Tigers were scheduled to host Alabama. Athletic Director Scott Woodward says LSU could possibly move the Ole Miss game to December 19th in order to play Alabama on December 5th.
LSU has already lost one home game this year when the matchup against Missouri was moved to Columbia due to Hurricane Delta. Woodward says the school can’t afford to lose another home game because the university will miss out on millions of dollars.
Woodward says there is only a small number of players who have tested positive, but many more are in quarantine. He says none of the players who have tested positive, have experienced a serious illness.
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Gron Fuels is considering constructing a 9.2 billion dollar renewable fuel complex in the Port of Greater Baton Rouge.
Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says the facility would produce clean-burning fuels and would utilize one of Louisiana’s cash crops.
The leftover soybean husks from the process could then be turned into cattle feed.
Pierson says the West Baton Rouge-based port is perfectly situated on the Mississippi River and already is built to handle the kinds of advanced logistics necessary to transport the complex’s product.
If constructed the first phase of the project would be a 1.2 billion dollar investment. Once all phases are complete the facility would employ over 1,000 workers at an average salary of just under six figures.
A final investment decision is expected in 2021, and Pierson is feeling confident we will land it.
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Today’s COVID numbers for Louisiana are startling, 35-hundred, the highest the state has seen since the start of the pandemic in March. Governor John Bel Edwards says they show an alarming trend two weeks after Halloween and the House Petition to overturn coronavirus restrictions in the state.
News of a 90-percent effectiveness rate on a vaccine was released earlier this week, but the vaccine has yet to be approved and distributed. Edwards says it will be sometime before the vaccine can make a difference.
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Edwards implored Louisianans to take precautions and to wear face masks. The CDC released a report this week that face masks also benefit the wearer. While Edwards is optimistic about the pandemic next summer and a vaccine, the present situation is dire.
Governor Edwards will be holding a press conference at 3 pm today and LDH will unveil a new COVID dashboard.
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A new poll shows a tight race for the 2nd Congressional District should Congressman Cedric Richmond leave his seat to join the Biden administration.
LaPolitics.com publisher Jeremy Alford says it’s only a matter of time before we find out what job Richmond, a close ally of President-elect Biden, works next…
The 2nd District is the state’s majority-minority district and it covers New Orleans and communities along the Mississippi River into north Baton Rouge.
Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu leads in the poll, followed by City Councilwoman Helena Moreno, and State Senators Troy Carter, Cleo Fields, and Karen Carter Peterson…
Landrieu is far out ahead of the pack, scoring 25 percent support in the poll but should he not run Moreno and Carter would be nearly tied for the lead.
Alford says should the highly coveted seat come open he expects things will get down and dirty pretty quickly.