Republican Senator Bill Cassidy supports President Trump’s legal challenges in several states over the result of the November 3rd election. Some are concerned Trump is creating a disadvantage for President-elect Joe Biden, but Cassidy says the former Vice President is receiving intelligence briefings and the election legal battle will not interrupt the distribution of COVID vaccines once they are available.
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A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of Louisiana landlords seeks to overturn the moratorium on rental evictions ordered by the CDC. Luke Wake an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation, says the state legislature enacted laws giving landlord’s the right to evict tenants for nonpayment and allowing the CDC to issue the moratorium, is a separation of powers issue.
State and local officials in southwest Louisiana have broken ground on a 152-million-dollar project to widen Interstate 10 from the Texas State line to I-210. Governor John Bel Edwards says crews will expand 10.5 miles of I-10 from four to six lanes alleviating congestion in this area.
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As coronavirus cases spike in the state and we enter flu season, so far, the health department says we are not seeing as many cases of the flu. Region Three Medical Director Dr. Chip Riggins says even though influenza cases are not required to be reported to the state they are able to track trends of outbreaks.