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Most of Ohio's pandemic-related health orders will be lifted Wednesday, leaving businesses, schools and other organizations to make decisions about how to move forward with masks.
Guy Coates, longtime AP reporter in Louisiana, dies at 80 By KEVIN McGILLJanuary 14, 2021 GMT NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Guy Coates, a former Associated Press correspondent who covered Gulf Coast hurricanes and civil rights, dodged gunfire during a New Orleans sniper’s shooting spree and chronicled the tumult of politics in his native Louisiana for four decades, died late Tuesday. He was 80. His wife Jonica said Wednesday that he died at their Baton Rouge home of natural causes. A graduate of Northeast Louisiana University in his hometown of Monroe, Coates worked stints at the Corpus Christi (Te...
Lafayette man sworn in as Regents chair and last updated 2021-01-07 20:31:02-05 Lafayette attorney Blake David was sworn in as chair of the Louisiana Board of Regents this week. David will serve as Board of Regents Chairman for 2021. David is the founding partner of Broussard & David, L.L.C., where he is a practicing trial attorney and business owner. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from LSU and his Juris Doctorate from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Since becoming a Regent in 2019, Chairman David has served as Board Secretary as well as Chairman of the Finance Committee. His term...
Dec 31, 2020 4:56 PM EDT Each week when about 10,000 people are released from state and federal prisons around the country, their successful reintegration into civilian life may depend on how quickly they can get valid government-issued photo identification. It can be a major hurdle, and the process to get an ID has become even more cumbersome in some communities during the pandemic. When people are incarcerated, especially for long periods of time, the government ID they had when entering prison — like a driver’s license — may no longer be valid when the...