by Jill Hines | Jun 16, 2022 | Legislature, Louisiana
The legislative session ended on Monday, June 6th and despite the many opportunities to pass legislation that would protect Louisiana from special interests and government overreach, the legislature failed miserably. Of the fifty plus bills we had on our watch list at...
by Jill Hines | Dec 13, 2021 | Louisiana
At the time of my last article, Vaccine Injury Reporting Favors the Vaccine, Not the Consumer, I was still awaiting a response to my follow up questions regarding the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) from the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH). I had...
by Jill Hines | Nov 18, 2021 | Louisiana
At the request of Louisiana State Representative Mike Echols, a last minute agenda item was added to the House Health and Welfare’s scheduled hearing on Monday, November 8th. One of his constituents, Melissa McKinney, an RN, had approached him with personal and...
by Jill Hines | Oct 26, 2021 | Louisiana
On August 2, Governor Edwards issued a mask mandate for all Louisiana citizens, unvaccinated AND vaccinated. In his press conference that day he made this statement in defense of the new proclamation, which affects everyone, five years old and older: “Based on...
by Jill Hines | Sep 22, 2021 | Lafayette, Louisiana
In a press release dated September 20, 2021, attorney Jimmy Faircloth on behalf of a group of “Acadiana Frontline Heroes,” announced that the legal battle has begun to preserve the constitutionally protected rights of healthcare workers employed at Ochsner Lafayette...