An enhanced 300-dollar unemployment check will be sent to over 400-thousand Louisiana workers next week, but Edwards says there are 87-thousand workers who do not qualify for this money based on the rules set up by the Trump administration….
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The 87-thousand people who are ineligible currently receive less than one-hundred dollars in benefits or their unemployment is unrelated to COVID.

Governor Edwards says he can not support Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin’s plan for the November and December elections. He’s says its woefully inadequate because it does allow mail balloting for people who are ordered to quarantine or those who are vulnerable to the disease. But Slidell Senator, chairwoman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, supports the plan…
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Lawmakers will begin discussing the plan today.

State Treasurer John Schroeder says small businesses who previously received federal assistance such as a Paycheck Protection Program loan can receive a grant from the state’s Main Street Recovery Program. During the first 21 days of the program, businesses who didn’t receive prior funding were prioritized. But Schroeder says the three weeks are up and any small business who is seeking reimbursement for pandemic-related expenses can apply at louisiana-main-street-dot-com…
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Over 17-thousand applications have been received in the first 21 days of the program.