LSU expects all its football players will be registered to vote by tomorrow. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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The first round of Pandemic EBT cards are set to arrive in mailboxes this week but they will be in plain white envelopes, so the state is warning recipients to be on the lookout so they won’t be accidentally tossed out. The original filing deadline for the cards was June 8th and it is been extended to the 15th for recipients of free or reduced-price lunches at schools. The benefits amount to $285 per child.
State health officials are concerned about rising COVID numbers in the Lake Charles, Alexandria, and Monroe regions. Assistant Health Secretary Alex Billioux says there’s evidence that a worrying level of community spread is occurring in those three regions, and it’s backed up by data from their contact tracing program…
In the Lake Charles region, Billioux notes the number of new COVID hospitalizations in many hospitals has jumped from just a few to roughly 20 new cases as of last week.
A Greater New Orleans Foundation study indicates nearly three-quarters of nonprofits throughout southeast Louisiana have suffered a financial impact from the COVID-19 pandemic. G-N-O-F CEO Andy Kopplin says most nonprofits have been hurt financially by canceled fundraisers and fee-for-service programs.