The state announces 18 new COVID-19 fatalities bringing the death toll to 2,458. Total Cases: 35,038, up 329. Hospitalizations: 1004.
Legislators spar over a resolution that would urge the Governor to reconsider his 25 percent occupancy limitation for businesses in Phase One. Alexandria Representative Lance Harris says the limit is crippling struggling businesses.
Social distancing guidelines call for businesses to space households out six feet away from other households and plot out table seating that leaves ten feet of space.
Amite Representative Robby Carter opposed the amendment. He says the guidelines are in place to save lives.
Louisiana receives an additional $58 million in fishery disaster funding. Congressman Garret Graves says the money will be used to offset the impacts of the 2019 Bonnet Carre Spillway opening on the seafood industry.Graves says some in the state’s seafood industry are on their last leg and need the money fast, adding that if the local industry goes away, there will be a bigger reliance on inferior, imported seafood.
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Forbes Magazine reports Mercedes Benz will not renew its naming rights deal with the Superdome when it ends in 2021. UNO Senior Associate Dean and Marketing Professor, Paul Hensel, says during these tough economic times it will not be easy to find a new naming rights sponsor, but a company will emerge that believes it’s a good investment