Source: Office of the Governor
Louisiana will begin vaccinating people between the ages of 65 and 69 against COVID-19 on Monday, February 8, expanding eligibility to more than 275,000 additional Louisianans, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced today. Some Unified Command Group members, state COVID emergency response personnel, local emergency response personnel, law enforcement, first responders and elections workers for the upcoming March and April elections will also be eligible.
An increase in doses available from the federal government to the state, the progress in administering vaccines to earlier groups and concerns about emerging COVID variants prompted Gov. Edwards to lower the age for who can be vaccinated. Louisiana has recently joined a federal pharmacy partnership that could bring as many as 14,000 additional weekly doses to the state, in addition to a weekly increase of doses by more than 20 percent from the federal government. Finally, the state has been allowed to take u
Cassidy on pandemic help and minimum wage
Cassidy Folo By Ashley Joseph | January 28, 2021 at 7:26 PM CST - Updated January 28 at 7:26 PM
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) -Louisiana got a one-two punch in 2020 with the pandemic and the hurricanes. Now, the state’s economy is in question.
In a recent conversation with Sen. Bill Cassidy, he was vocal about a number of President Biden’s executive orders specifically the ban on new oil and gas leases. However, that’s not all the senator talked about. He also gave his thoughts on another round of stimulus checks and the democrats revived push to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2025.
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More than 600 hurricane evacuees are still living in hotels in Lafayette and New Orleans, officials at a briefing in Lake Charles on Tuesday reported.
Gov. John Bel Edwards, who was joined there by officials from FEMA and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, called the ongoing 2020 hurricane season recovery efforts “substantial but insufficient.”
Many people still don’t have permanent housing. More than 800 people are living in FEMA mobile trailers, and more are needed. In the Lake Charles area, there are still debris-covered roads, ditches in need of cleaning, and bridges in need of repairs.
Cassidy Announces $21.5 Million for COVID-19, Hurricane Laura Recovery U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy announced today that the FEMA is awarding $21.5 million in federal funds to the State of Louisiana for relief assistance from COVID-19 and Hurricane Laura.
Posted: Jan 27, 2021 10:49 AM
Posted By: Olivia Sanders
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is awarding $21.5 million in federal funds to the State of Louisiana for relief assistance from COVID-19 and Hurricane Laura.
“This past year, Louisiana’s hospitals and state agencies have had to grapple with both a pandemic and one of the strongest hurricanes ever to make landfall along our coast,” said Dr. Cassidy. “This federal funding relieves the burden on our state to make a strong recovery and bounce back.”
Holding Maryland's health department leadership accountable for state's COVID-19 vaccine distribution struggles sounds more like good governance than politics as usual.