LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine spoke to the House Education Committee this morning and says a plan is in place that would see high school football starting on time. While originally forecasting that football could only happen in Phase Three, Bonine says the season could move forward in Phase Two.
Cut 3 (07) “…9th and 10th.”
Spectator attendance will be limited to half-capacity.
Governor Edwards announces Louisiana has received a SNAP waiver allowing benefits to be used to purchase hot or prepared food for the month of September. Edwards says this is a big help for those who’ve been displaced due to Hurricane Laura, and the 11,679 people being sheltered by the state, primarily in 37 New Orleans hotels.
Edwards says you can’t use these benefits at restaurants.
Just over one in five Louisiana households still need to fill out their census forms. Assistant regional census manager Marilyn Stephens says census workers are knocking on doors to in an effort to have the census count wrapped up by the end of the month deadline.
Cut 9 (11) “…19% of households.”
If a community is 5% undercounted, it could result in a loss of $15 million over the next decade.
A CDC moratorium on evictions for non-payment of rent takes effect today and lasts until the end of the year. To gain protection under the moratorium a tenant must sign a declaration attesting that removal from their home would put them at great risk of contracting coronavirus. Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center spokesperson Maxwell Ciardullo says you can get the form, useable statewide, at ready.nola.gov…
Cut 7 (06) “…covered”
The ruling does not absolve renters of paying their rent, it just pushes the due date back to January.