8:30 LRN Newscast Nov 14

Former Gov. Edwin Edwards was taken to a Baton Rouge hospital Friday afternoon by paramedics because of breathing problems. Edwards biographer, Leo Honeycutt says the 93-year old former governor tested negative for COVID and pneumonia and was admitted overnight for observation.

Instead of hosting number one ranked Alabama, Tiger Stadium will be empty today as a COVID-19 outbreak has sidelined the team. Jeff Palermo has the story

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Woodward says LSU could possibly move the Ole Miss game to December 19th in order to play Alabama on December 5th.

COVID numbers released Friday 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.

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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, will work next…

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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.