Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome has issued a challenge to New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell to see which city can get to a higher fully vaccinated rate.
A vote by a wide majority of faculty members at LSU in Baton Rouge shows support for a vaccine mandate for students this fall.
80% of the faculty members voted to support the call for vaccines for Covid before students can return to in-person learning
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A new variant of Covid-19 is found in Louisiana. The first 2 cases are found in Caddo Parish. Dr. Jeremy Kamil with LSU Health Shreveport says there are likely many other cases.