The House Governmental Affairs Committee approves a fall election plan by Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin. Ardoin defended his plan today while the Governor says he will reject because it doesn’t go far enough…
The state reports 779 new COVID-19 cases today, it’s the third day in a row new case numbers are under 800. Fatalities reported from the virus today are up 37 and hospitalizations decreased by 44 but remain over one thousand.
Total jobs lost the first half of this year are nearly double the number the state saw after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. That’s according to U-L Lafayette Economist Gary Wagner. On a positive note, Wagner says he does expect to see job growth in the second half of 2020, but not enough to offset the job losses for the first half of the year.
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He doesn’t see Louisiana returning to a Pre-COVID economy until mid-2022 or later.
As more school districts resume classes Governor John Bel Edwards encourages parents to closely monitor their children for symptoms of COVID-19, and if you see them running a fever, coughing, or showing other signs…
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The health department is working closely with the department of education to build a COVID-19 reporting system.