Two New Orleans Democratic lawmakers are the first up to announce their intention to run for the soon-to-be-vacant 2nd Congressional District seat. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Thousands of frontline healthcare workers have received the Pfizer COVID vaccine this week. Governor Edwards says he’s very pleased about the vaccine rollout so far…
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The Moderna Vaccine seeks approval today in front of an advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration. Taylor Sharp has the story…
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Two candidates have formally joined the race for the now open 2nd Congressional District seat, New Orleans Democratic lawmakers Karen Carter Peterson and Troy Carter.
Peterson touted her legislative record and says it shows her commitment to economic, racial, environmental, and reproductive justice.
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The seat is coming open due to current Congressman Cedric Richmond’s move to join the Biden administration as a senior aide. That departure is set for January 20th.
Peterson served as the State Democratic Party Chairwoman for eight years before stepping down earlier this year. She says she’s gained the statewide experience necessary to represent the winding district.
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The state’s minority-majority district encompasses most of New Orleans, parts of Jefferson Parish, and winds through the River Parishes and over north Baton Rouge. 70 percent of voters are in the New Orleans area while 20 percent live in the River Parishes and 12 percent live in Baton Rouge.
Carter says with a split Congress his history of being able to reach across the aisle makes him well suited to be able to bring more resources back to Louisiana.
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New Orleans City Councilwoman Helena Moreno is rumored to be eying a run and Baton Rouge activist Gary Chambers has announced his interest as well.
Carter says he’s had to run some tough races for his seat and would hit the ground running in D.C. during a contentious period for the Lower Chamber.
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Governor Edwards has not yet called for a special election race to replace Richmond, but it’s expected it would take place sometime in spring.
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Governor Edwards says the first week of vaccinations is going well and they’ve successfully vaccinated thousands of frontline healthcare workers around the state over the past few days.
Edwards says Louisiana received 39,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
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Edwards says they expect to receive about 40,000 doses of the vaccine next week. After that, they’ll find out what the state’s allotment is on a week to week basis.
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Despite these early shipments Edwards says it looks like we won’t be able to return back to normal until summer when the vaccine is more publicly available.
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The FDA advisory committee meets today to discuss whether to give emergency approval to a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna. Assistant Dean for Translational Research at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, Doctor Lucio Miele, says the data looks remarkable good
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Side effects have been reported with the Pfizer vaccine that arrived in the state this week. Miele says there will be side effects with the Moderna vaccine as well, but they will be minor…
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Miele says the efficacy rate for the Moderna vaccine is 94-percent…
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LSU is putting together its 2021 recruiting class during the early period and while the Tigers aren’t done yet, Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins is pleased with the class so far.
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LSU commit Keanu Koht was one of the first recruits to announce his decision and ended up flipping to Alabama. Higgins says that happens sometimes, but LSU responded well.
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Garrett Dellinger is LSU’s lone offensive lineman commit and while there’s still a lot of top linemen uncommitted, Higgins thinks LSU will look for transfers to fill the need at O-line.
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The Saints will face off against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, who are led by All-pro quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Coach Sean Payton says what makes Mahomes so tough to defend is his great pocket presence.
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While Mahomes will certainly present a challenge to the Saints defense Payton does has some experience with Chiefs coach Andy Reid. Payton says he’s worked with Reid before and has a lot of respect for him.
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