Seven SEC teams have released their reduced stadium capacities so far, with all of them having capacities somewhere between 20 and 25 percent. Governor John Bel Edwards expects we will know the situation at Tiger Stadium sometime very soon.
LSU opens the season in Baton Rouge on September 26th against Mississippi State.
All eyes are on the tropics as two tropical depressions are expected to form into named storms today. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the closest system to Louisiana is tropical depression 14 and is currently getting better organized in the Western Caribbean.
Cut 9 (13) “…cone of uncertainty.”
A major disagreement between the Legislature and Governor over how to run the fall elections appears likely to end up in court. Baton Rouge Representative Barry Ivey says the plan requires approval from both the Governor and Legislature, and the Governor has promised to reject a plan approved yesterday in committee that seems to have the backing of legislative Republicans…
Governor Edwards has called the restrictions on mail-in balloting woefully inadequate.
A new report estimates about a quarter of Louisiana students do not have access to the internet to participate in virtual classes. Franklinton Senator Beth Mizell says the expanded distribution of Wi-Fi hotspots puts the state in a much better position than it was at the beginning of the pandemic, but it’s not a reliable long-term solution…