Governor Edwards addresses spread mitigation concerns related to students heading back to school. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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The state reported 779 additional COVID-19 cases today and 37 more fatalities. 18 to 29-year olds are still the largest age group with cases in the state with more than 30-thousand reported cases since March 9th. Current reported hospitalizations are 1,160.
The Legislature is considering Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin’s election plan for the fall elections that Governor Edwards calls woefully inadequate. The proposal scales back the vote by mail options compared to what the state had for the summer elections. Ardoin says he’s been pressured by both sides to change the plan implemented in the summer, and he feels this is a compromise.
Two former LSU students told USA Today that former Tigers running back Derrius Guice raped them in 2016 when the Baton Rouge native was a freshman. Guice was a second-round pick in 2018 by Washington. He’s only played in five games in the NFL because of injuries. But USA Today Network reporter Glen Guilbeau says Guice might not football play ever again.
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Guice’s attorney says the accusations are not true.