The ciy of New Orleans website posted today that parades will not be allowed during Mardi Gras 2021. Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s spokesperson, Beau Tidwell, says current COVID guidelines restrict gatherings of more than 250 people and that will likely not change in time for the Carnival season…
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U-S Representative Cedric Richmond announced today that before January 20th he will resign as a member of Congress to become a senior adviser to President-Elect Joe Biden…
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Richmond says he’ll have an office in the West Wing and he says he’ll fight to bring much-needed federal resources to Louisiana.

The state health department reported 25-hundred new COVID-19 cases today and the number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital rose to 874. That’s a 121 patient increase in just four days. Governor John Bel Edwards is asking residents to follow the mitigation measures in order to reduce transmission of the virus…
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Edwards is asking families to not plan for large Thanksgiving gatherings.

Health officials say there is light at the end of the tunnel with Pfizer and Moderna releasing statements that say early studies show their COVID vaccines are showing an effective rate above 90-percent. But Associate Professor at Tulane’s School of Medicine Doctor Lisa Morici says we don’t know if the vaccines can prevent transmission…
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