Lawmakers will return to the Capitol Tuesday for a historic veto override session. Matt Doyle has the story…
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Governor John Bel Edwards says half of all Louisiana adults have received at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, which is good, but not good enough. Erik Piccoli has the story…
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Former Governor Edwin Edwards will lie in state at the State Capitol Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. He will be the 5th governor to lie in state, a distinction that Edwards biographer Leo Honeycutt says is decided by the speaker of the house and president of the senate…
Edwards passed away Monday at 93 after entering hospice care a week earlier.
Due to the Delta variant fueled the surge in COVID cases Sunday’s funeral service will be closed to the public but streamed live by Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Honeycutt says that Edwards would have preferred an open service…
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On Sunday Edwards will be escorted to the Old State Capitol by horse-drawn carriage, law enforcement motorcade, and the Southern University Marching Band. Honeycutt hopes that Louisianians will remember all the good Edwards did…
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Louisiana lawmakers will hold a veto session for the first time since the current state Constitution was enacted in 1974. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says capitol observers have expected an override session ever since the governor vetoed a bill that would prohibit transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports…
The veto session will begin Tuesday and cannot exceed five calendar days. Only 12 members of the Senate and 35 House members voted against holding the session and a majority vote in either chamber would have canceled it.
Pinsonat says all eyes are on the Senate.
Pinsonat says the bipartisan legislation involving transgender athletes cleared the Legislature with enough support to override a veto if that support holds. That means the Governor has an uphill fight ahead of him…
Pinsonat says the chances of the veto involving concealed carry legislation being overturned are much lower due to the lack of public support for the bill.
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AARP’s latest dashboard shows less than 6-percent of Louisiana nursing homes meet the industry benchmark for staff vaccinations. AARP State Director Denise Botcher says the benchmark is having 75-percent of staff fully vaccinated.
In Louisiana, only 41-percent of nursing home staff are fully vaccinated compared to 79-percent of residents.
Botcher says thirty-five percent of nursing homes in Louisiana also report a staffing shortage, which she says can only be exacerbated if unvaccinated workers become ill.
On a positive note, there has been a significant drop in cases and deaths among nursing homes residents, but Botcher says if you have a family member residing at an assisted living facility, you should remain vigilant as the Delta variant becomes more prevalent.
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Governor John Bel Edwards announced the first batch of winners of the “Shot at a Million” lottery. Edwards said the $100,000 cash winner was 82-year-old New Orleanian Clement Dasalla who was a 30 year veteran of the New Orleans Police Department…
Edwards also announced Skyla Degrasse was the winner of a $100,000 scholarship. Edwards said the 17-year-old from Hammond high school intends to go to Southeastern University…
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Those who received at least one vaccine shot can sign up at shotatmillion.com and register for next week’s drawing. Drawings will be held every Friday this month with a million-dollar grand prize drawing in August.
Edwards also says half of all Louisianians have received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine. Edwards said that number just isn’t high enough to stop the new surge in cases we are seeing.
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1,600 new COVID positive tests were reported today. There was also a dramatic 59 person increase in COVID-related hospitalizations today putting us at 563 across the state, the highest level since the start of March.