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Courtesy: LSUS FoundationA 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. -
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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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has notified House lawmakers that he’s adding the COVID-19 vaccine to Louisiana’s immunization schedule for schools and colleges. This week the LSU-Health Shreveport’s EVT Lab reached a notable milestone as it has processed its 500,000th Covid-19 PCR test. Texas has the most uninsured people in the country and the enrollment deadline for ACA insurance is today. -
Mom Demands Answers In Son's Death During Arrest By LA State Police -
A Louisiana Senate Committee on State Police Oversight heard testimony from the mother of Ronald Greene who died while in the custody of state troopers in 2019. Rural community college officials in Texas are hoping future initiatives will help with declining enrollment. And the Secretary of State in Texas is seeking more documents in key Texas counties for his "Phase 2" of an election audit despite no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
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Four out of the five bond proposals on the ballot for the city of Shreveport failed to get approval by voters last Saturday, -
Abortion rights opponents see the latest ruling by the Supreme Court on the Texas abortion ban as a sign that other states will soon have the power to ban abortions. Only one out of the five bond proposals on the ballot for the city of Shreveport was approved by voters. And Arkansas House Speaker Matthew Shepherd defends lawmakers passing historic tax cuts during the last special session.
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- Louisiana military installations are set to secure about $1 billion in construction funding, a majority of which is earmarked for NW Louisiana. Arkansas lawmakers have adjourned this week’s special session after approving the largest tax cuts in state history. Texas leads the nation in the number of people killed along roadways while outside a disabled vehicle.
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50% of all Arkansans had been fully vaccinated as of Wednesday, almost a year after the first vaccine doses were administered in the state. Despite efforts to get more people vaccinated, the majority of covid patients in hospitals are the unvaccinated. State regulators say they have taken sufficient steps to avoid the widespread, deadly blackouts Texans faced during last February's freeze but critics say the state hasn't done enough.
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Arkansas Lawmakers Hold Special Session To Focus On Governor's Historic Tax Cut Proposal -
State and local health officials are investigating the COVID-19 Omicron variant’s arrival in Texas. Arkansas lawmakers held a special joint legislative session yesterday to focus on lowering income taxes for the state’s higher earners. Louisiana’s Supreme Court has decided to hear arguments in a pastor’s fight against criminal charges he faces for violations of 2020 pandemic gathering limits.
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Louisiana lawmakers vote against the governor's school vaccine mandate.
