1:30 PM Newscast

LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine spoke to the House Education Committee this morning and says a plan is in place that would see high school football starting on time.
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Bonine adds the capacity of games would be limited to 50%.

Just over one in five Louisiana households still need to fill out their census forms.  Assistant regional census manager Marilyn Stephens says the when census takers show up at your door, they will have an official photo ID and be practicing virus spread mitigation efforts.

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Stephens adds that if someone responds to the census, online or by phone, within two days of receiving the notice of visit card, the census taker will not come back.

 

 

A CDC moratorium on evictions for non-payment of rent takes effect today and lasts until the end of the year.To gain protection under the moratorium a tenant must sign a declaration attesting that removal from their home would put them at great risk of contracting coronavirus. Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center spokesperson Maxwell Ciardullo says you can get the form, useable statewide, at ready.nola.gov…

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LSU Health Shreveport is reporting encouraging results from the first round of findings in its participation in a clinical trial trying to determine if nitric oxide can treat COVID-19 patients with mild and moderate symptoms. Many hospitals already have nitric oxide on hand and Principal investigator at LSU Health Shreveport, Dr. Keith Scott says if the therapy is given the overall greenlight, that means the treatment could be available instantly.

Cut 12 (08) “…to deliver it.”