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with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editorGood morning, and welcome back to your morning news roundup. Lots to report today. Don't be a dragPenalties for drag racing are about to get a lot tougher in East Baton Rouge. Under new rules that take effect in exactly a month from now, judges can issue $500 for first offenses and $1,000 for any beyond that. Our City Hall reporter Paul Cobler covered the meeting where Metro Council passed the ordinance, which he explains in more detail in this story. Benefits cutSome 150,000 Louisianans lost unemployment benefits after lawmakers cut them off weeks before their federal expiration date. The move comes just as the state faces a massive surge in coronavirus cases, a new wave of closures and economic uncertainty. It's no wonder the decision prompted a legal challenge, which Blake Paterson breaks down in this report. 'We cannot sustain this'Recent COVID deaths in Baton Rouge have skewed younger and Whiter compared to the early days of the pandemic. Sources who spoke to reporter Elyse Carmosino talked about some possible reasons for the shift, which you can read about here. Thanks for reading! If you find these updates helpful, feel free to forward this email to someone else you know who might want to sign up for this or one of our other newsletters. |
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| The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged all pregnant women Wednesday to get the COVID-19 vaccine as hospitals in hot spots aro… Read more |
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| When Sandra Louis lost her job at the start of the pandemic, her first worry was how she would afford insulin to treat her diabetes. Even w… Read more |
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| A former LSU athlete faces arrest after police say he hosted a Halloween party at which freshmen teammates were hazed. Read more |
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| The Downtown Development District has launched a grant program that will give restaurants and bars up to $1,500 for furniture and permits t… Read more |
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| A south Louisiana family wants to rezone the former Garden District Nursery site and redevelop it with a barber shop, restaurant, gourmet g… Read more |
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| Fifteen years after a Baker man was convicted of murdering his daughter's boyfriend in Central and sentenced to life in prison, a federal a… Read more |
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| If there is a lesson in the absurdity of today’s half-baked approach to vaccination during a pandemic, it ought to be at the tiger cage. Read more |
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| A Baton Rouge judge overruled a request for additional time and told lawyers for the Louisiana State Police that he will decide for himself… Read more |
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| Dr. Joseph Kanter, chief health officer, said Tuesday morning he thinks the state will have to consider more aggressive mitigation measures… Read more |
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