Total jobs lost the first half of this year are nearly double the number the state saw after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. As for a return to a pre-COVID-economy in Louisiana, U-L Lafayette Economist Gary Wagner has a prediction.
Louisiana’s economy has seen one of the sharpest drops in the nation, only Michigan, New York, Nevada, and Hawaii have seen larger economic downturns.
The reopening of schools and colleges is expected to further complicate managing the spread of COVID-19. Governor Edwards says the State Health Department is working closely with the Department of Education on monitoring the coronavirus by creating a COVID-19 reporting system.
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A House committee is busy discussing an election plan for the upcoming November and December elections that the Governor says if passed he will reject. The proposal by Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin scales back the vote by mail options of the summer elections. Ardoin says he counted the votes, and this was the only plan that could pass.
But Bogalusa Representative Malinda White countered that Governor Edwards has already said he’ll reject it…
Edwards says the proposal does not allow people who have to quarantine to receive a mail-in a ballot or make any consideration for individuals who are susceptible to the virus.