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The state education department says you can email complaints to them if your local school is not following COVID-19 safety guidelines. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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The Saints’ season opener against the Tampa Bay Bucs at the Mercedes Benz Superdome on September 13th will go on without any fans in attendance. No further determinations have been made concerning other games at the Dome this season. The building normally can house over 74-thousand fans.

As many as 200,000 Louisianans on unemployment could be ineligible to receive the new 300 dollar federally enhanced weekly benefits. Workers must receive at least 100 dollars a week in state benefits to qualify for the 300 extra. Governor Edwards also raised concerns that without some federal intervention the state unemployment trust fund will soon be depleted, and the state will have to start borrowing that money from the feds.

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State beneficiaries can receive a maximum of 247 dollars a week.

California Senator Kamala Harris is named Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate, a move that’s excited Baton Rouge Representative Ted James who was involved with Harris’s primary effort. James says Harris recognizes the unique issues facing the south…

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