The state has now received funding from the CARES Act to pay additional unemployment benefits. Those will now include an additional $600/weekly through July and will cover gig workers, 1099 workers, and the self-employed. Payments will start Monday.

The Louisiana Oil and Gas Association projects over 23-thousand jobs are at immediate risk if oil prices remain low and no immediate action from federal and state governments. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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State health officials are encouraged to see the number of COVID-19 patients who require ventilation has gone down, four days in a row. Assistant Secretary of the Office of Public Health Alex Billioux credits I-C-U doctors who are learning better methods in treating the virus.
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A Bipap pushes air into a person’s lungs and works much like a C-Pap machine.

Allstate has announced that its customers will receive a 15-percent rebate on their auto premiums for April and May. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon hopes other auto insurance providers do the same and his office has put in new rules because of the economic slowdown…
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the payments will total roughly 13 million in Louisiana.