An NFIB survey indicates that 20-percent of small businesses are in danger of laying off employees in the next six months. Brooke Thorington has more.
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House Democrats gathered outside the steps of the Capitol Tuesday afternoon to vent their frustrations with Republican legislative efforts to undermine the Governor’s public health authority. Matt Doyle was there…
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The Saints are exploring the possibility of playing their home games at LSU’s Tiger Stadium since they are not allowed to have fans at the Superdome. Matt Doyle has the story…
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Three of Senator Bill Cassidy’s Democratic challengers met for the first candidate forum of the Senate race, a forum Cassidy declined to attend.
Cassidy’s opponents took turns tearing into the Senator for not appearing. Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins took the first shot…
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Cassidy says he did not attend because all 15 candidates on the ballot had not agreed to go to the forum hosted by the Baton Rouge Press Club.
The candidates took shots at Cassidy’s vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act and his support for the 2017 tax reform bill. Baton Rouge activist Antoine Pierce says Cassidy voted for a giveaway to the rich.
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A common theme from the trio was that Cassidy had grown too detached from Louisiana during his time in D.C. New Orleans school teacher Peter Wenstrup says Cassidy is only thinking about himself.
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The election will be on the November 3rd ballot. Should any candidate not win more than 50 percent of the vote a runoff will be held on December 4th.
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An NFIB survey indicates that one in five small businesses warn of layoffs in the next six months. Louisiana specific data is unavailable, but State Director Dawn Starns says she is getting similar feedback from small businesses struggling due to COVID-19 pandemic
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And of those who received Paycheck Protection Program loans, the NFIB says 86-percent of those businesses have spent the entire loan and are applying for forgiveness.
Starns says consumer confidence is also down and when people don’t spend money small businesses begin to shutter.
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According to Starns, bars and restaurants have been the hardest hit during the pandemic along with entertainment venues.
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The House Democratic Caucus blasted legislative Republicans, saying the GOP is fixated on attacking the Governor’s public health authority and ignoring other major issues.
New Orleans Representative Mandy Landry hit Republicans over rejecting efforts to support struggling renters, or to shield their rental records should they be evicted during the pandemic.
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Another New Orleans Representative, Royce Duplessis, expressed his frustration over Republicans rejecting his bill to increase the maximum state unemployment benefit from 247 to 247 dollars a week.
New Orleans Representative Aimee Freeman says her Republican colleagues have misplaced priorities right now.
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Freeman has a bill that will be heard today in committee that would create a process to automatically distribute Pandemic EBT cards to families of students who receive reduced or free lunch at school.
House Democratic Caucus Chair Sam Jenkins says any efforts to undermine the Governor’s authority will be rejected, but Democrats may agree to a Senate bill increasing legislative oversight of his public health decisions.
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The Saints say they have met with LSU officials about playing their home games in Tiger Stadium since the city has been unwilling to allow partial fan attendance at games in the Superdome. WWL Radio Sports Director Kristian Garic says the Saints are getting frustrated as many other NFL teams can have fans at their games
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The Saints have requested that the city allow ticketed fans to occupy 25-percent of the Superdome’s 73-thousand seat capacity. A spokesperson for the mayor’s office says they remain concerned about having 20-thousand people in an indoor venue. Garic says the Saints would prefer the Dome, but they have an option…
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The Saints’ next home game is October 25th versus Carolina. After that, they don’t play another home game until November 15th. Garic expects an agreement will be reached with the city, but it might not be 25-percent capacity…
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The NFL says there are currently 15 NFL teams that have been approved to host fans and they anticipate more cities coming online in the next few weeks.
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Two undefeated teams meet tonight in Lafayette as the 21st ranked Cajuns host Coastal Carolina in a big Sun Belt tilt on ESPN. The Cajuns are second in the Sun Belt in scoring defense, but Coastal leads the league in scoring, averaging 44 points a game. Coach Billy Napier says their quarterback Grayson McCall is impressive…
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This is the Cajuns first game since September 26th. They had a previously scheduled game against Appalachian State postponed because of COVID. Napier says they also had to recently halt practices because of Hurricane Delta
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Napier says they need to use their ranking in the polls as a positive…
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Meanwhile, LSU’s defense is working on fixing the mistakes that has led to a 1-2 record for the first time since 1994. Tigers defensive end Glen Logan says they are getting back to the fundamentals
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Logan says his message to the younger players is to watch the film and learn from your mistakes
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