The Big Ten officially becomes the first Power Five Conference to suspend fall sports, but many prominent college football players, coaches are pushing back against the decision. Tigers legend Joe Burrow commiserated with players on twitter, saying if the season had been canceled last year he wouldn’t be where he is now. Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins says Burrow’s sentiment is widely held…
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey says no decision on a possible cancellation is imminent.
Louisiana reports a significant 47 person drop in COVID hospitalizations today, part of a now two week long trend in rapidly dropping healthcare capacity usage from COVID patients. As of today 1,338 people are in Louisiana hospitals with COVID-19. Governor Edwards says a little over two weeks ago 1,600 people were hospitalized.
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Federally enhanced unemployment benefits are expected to begin shipping again in a few weeks, this time at 300 dollars on top of state payments instead of the previous 600 dollars. Senator Bill Cassidy backed the President’s recent executive orders relating to unemployment benefits, payroll taxes, and more. He says those should be handled by Congress, but Dems and the GOP are at an impasse.
Hurricane experts are calling for an active season of storm activity and with that prediction, Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is stressing the importance of proper coverage. Donelon says Flood insurance will take 30 days to take effect after your first premium payment, but there are exceptions to that rule though.
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Donelon says flood, homeowner, and commercial property insurances can still be obtained now, but only while a storm is not in the Gulf.