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A documentary video titled “The Five Priests” is about Roman Catholic Priests who lived and died in Shreveport while working among the sick and dying during the Yellow Fever Pandemic in the late 1890’s. Yesterday it was announced it has been accepted for entry in the famous Cannes Film Festival in France.
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Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said the state has again set a record with 14,077 cases diagnosed in one day. The capital city of Texas has re-entered stage 5 of their risk-based Covid-19 guidelines as the seven-day average for coronavirus cases in Texas has nearly tripled over the past week. And a documentary about five Shreveport Catholic Priests who served the sick and dying during the Yellow Fever pandemic in the 1890's has been accepted by the Cannes Film Festival in France.
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick tested positive for COVID-19 over the holidays and is quarantining after experiencing mild symptoms. Recent freezing temperatures had Texans wondering if they might experience power grid problems. Groups representing Arkansas' pediatricians and teachers are calling for more school districts to require face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
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Louisiana And Texas See Signs Of Burgeoning Covid-19 Surge
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Louisiana again is starting to see growing numbers of COVID-19 cases, and an infectious disease expert says the state is entering another spike as the omicron variant of the virus spreads. Texas hospital officials are concerned about staffing shortages and healthcare worker burnout if another surge hits. The Centers for Medicare Services has approved Arkansas' proposal to overhaul its expansion of Medicaid.
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Rural Hospitals And Nursing Homes In Texas To Receive Pandemic Relief Funds
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A federal judge on Monday denied pretrial release for a Longview, Texas man being held on charges in the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol. Roughly 1300 rural hospitals and nursing facilities in Texas are now eligible to receive millions in federal pandemic relief to take care of staffing and infrastructure needs. A major announcement involving a multi-million dollar plant project possibly setting up in Northwest Louisiana is making headlines and creating buzz among government and state economic officials. Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has announced a warrant has been issued for the owner of 8 Arkansas Nursing Homes for eight counts of Medicaid Fraud.
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A new state report says Louisiana’s teacher workforce has seen a 30% drop in the ranks of aspiring teachers.
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A new state report says Louisiana’s teacher workforce has seen a 30% drop in the ranks of aspiring teachers. Arkansas has reported its first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. An Arkansas Community Development Financial Institution has learned it is eligible to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in equity investment from the U.S. Treasury.
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Commissioners In Two Northeast Texas Counties Opposed To Marvin-Nichols Reservoir Project
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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has filed a lawsuit to block Gov. John Bel Edwards’ plans to add the COVID-19 vaccine to Louisiana’s list of required immunizations for schools and colleges. And opposition is growing against the development of a massive reservoir in northeast Texas that would use eminent domain to force private landowners to sell hundreds of thousands of acres of homeland, farms, and ranches.
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LSU-Health Shreveport EVT has processed its 500,000th Covid-19 PCR test