Restaurants, churches, gyms, casinos, hair salons and other nonessential businesses closed by the stay at home order will be allowed to reopen at 25 percent capacity starting on Friday. Governor Edwards says Louisiana has done well in slowing down the spread of COVID–19, so it’s safe to loosen restrictions…
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Employees will be required to wear face masks when dealing with the public. Louisiana Association of Industry and Business president Stephen Waguespack says businesses are okay with adapting to guidelines amined at mitigating the spread…
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Edwards made the decision to loosen restrictions after seeing a decline in new virus cases and hospitalization rates for COVID-19 patients.

Republican Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has signed his name to a letter that involves state officials from 18 other states that urge Congress to Investigate China’s roll in the COVID-19 pandemic. Landry says the U-S House has not problem investigating the actions of President Trump…
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Many grocery stores are struggling to keep up with consumer demand of certain foods. LSU Ag Center Professor of Nutrition and Food Science Louise Wicker says before the pandemic, an average of 13-percent of our food dollar was spent at the grocery store and that percentage is significantly higher. Wicker says you’ll notice that packaging might look different for certain foods…
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