The US Department of Justice is investigating the Louisiana Department of Corrections over allegations the state is keeping prisoners incarcerated long past their release date. Attorney William Most says the investigation was the result of a series of lawsuits that uncovered information about the overdue release of prisoners. Most identified one of the biggest problems leading to these delays.
Saturday is election day, but Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin predicts a turnout of only around 20-percent after a turnout of 70-percent for the presidential election. Ardoin says after a rough year, many voters are fatigued…
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Polls are open from 7 AM to 8 PM.
The department of health reports all but four ICU beds are in use at area hospitals in the Acadiana region COVID numbers continue to spike. Dr. Henry Kaufman, Chief Medical Officer at Our Lady of Lourdes in Lafayette says he’s extremely concerned. As for staffing Kaufman says medical professionals have one of the highest burn-out rates and the ongoing pandemic has been taxing on them all.
Bob Hannaford, the organizer of a swinger’s convention in New Orleans where 41 of the people who attended ended up positive for COVID-19, told Jim Engster he regrets holding the convention this year after dozens of tested positive and one person had to be hospitalized. He says they did what they could to prevent an outbreak…