Paul Braun
Paul Braun is WRKF's Capitol Access reporter.
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LSU and other Louisiana colleges have started taking steps to implement a COVID vaccine mandate.
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For the second day in a row, COVID hospitalizations decrease slightly.
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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued a legal opinion Friday that said the state’s top school board, not Gov. John Bel Edwards, has the authority to dictate masking policies in public schools.
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Gov. John Bel Edwards (D-La.) said in a Monday press conference that rising cases and hospitalizations from the delta variant caused him to reissue indoor masking requirements.
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Friday that he is “seriously considering” a statewide mask mandate for all Louisianans to curb transmission of the coronavirus as the state sees the highest rate of case growth in the country.
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Republicans Pull The Plug On Veto Session After Failing To Overturn Gov. Edwards Rejection Of TransgLouisiana state lawmakers cut short the state’s first ever veto session Wednesday after the Louisiana House of Representatives failed to override Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto of legislation that would have banned transgender girls from school athletic competitions.
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In a strict party-line vote, Republican state senators voted to override Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto of legislation to ban transgender girls from school sports.
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Edwin Washington Edwards, the former Louisiana governor who served four terms in the governor’s mansion and eight years in federal prison, died Monday at his home in Gonzales, La. He was 93.
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Louisiana State Lawmakers passed the $38 billion operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year Thursday, concluding their work on the bills a full two weeks before the end of the legislative session.
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Edwards announced Tuesday that he is extending his statewide public health emergency but lifting nearly all of his remaining coronavirus restrictions, including a statewide mask mandate in Louisiana classrooms.