New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell testified in front of the Legislature that the Crescent City is facing a 150 million dollar shortfall since the pandemic began in March. Cantrell says they’ve been granted less than 60 million dollars in federal CARES Act money by the state, and that’s just not enough…
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The city announced last week 4,000 workers city workers will be furloughed one day per pay period through the end of the year.
Lake Charles residents are picking up the pieces once again this hurricane season after being inundated with rain from Hurricane Delta Friday. Mayor Nic Hunter says while Delta was a much weaker storm than Laura it ended up being a much wetter storm…
The Louisiana House gives approval to a resolution that would suspend the state Fire Marshal’s ability to enforce Governor Edwards coronavirus orders on businesses. Jim Shannon has the story….
A study of statewide death totals from March 1st to August 1st shows a 27 percent increase in deaths relative to what was expected during that period before the pandemic. That “excess death” increase is higher than the national average of 20 percent, and our 27 percent sits fourth behind New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts.