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People enjoy a beignet and a hot café au lait at Cafe du Monde on a rainy day, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in New Orleans. Bars, restaurants and other businesses in New Orleans are no longer required to make patrons show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative test for the disease, the city said Monday, March 21, 2022, in a news release. (Max Becherer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)

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New Orleans lifts proof-of-vaccine rule for bars, eateries
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Mon,03/21/22-10:56AM , 95 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bars, restaurants and other businesses in New Orleans are no longer required to make patrons show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative test for the disease, the city said Monday in a news release.

The mandate, which dates back to August, was officially lifted at 6 a.m.
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Louisiana legislative districts challenged by Black voters
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Tue,03/15/22-10:33AM , 127 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New district maps for the Louisiana House and Senate illegally dilute Black voting strength, a lawsuit alleges.
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Louisiana Governor: COVID-19 emergency declaration ending
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Mon,03/14/22-1:17PM , 84 Reads
A public health emergency declaration in effect since March of 2020 will end Wednesday in Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards told state lawmakers in a wide-ranging speech on the first day of the 2022 regular legislative session.
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At Legislature: Budget, culture wars, redistricting rehash
By KEVIN MCGILL
Sat,03/12/22-6:45AM , 71 Reads
Louisiana's Legislature opens its 2022 regular session Monday with a welcome dilemma: how best to spend an influx of money the likes of which the state hasn't seen in years, while again debating familiar “culture war” issues involving transgender athletes, race, vaccine mandates and abortion.
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