Governor John Bel Edwards will hold a press conference at 2:30 this afternoon and he’s expected to announce whether the state will move into Phase Three of the economic recovery. On Saturday the state reported more than 800 new COVID-19 cases and on Sunday the number was below 400 and only one new death.

The governor is urging residents to participate in the 2020 US Census. Kevin Barnhart has more.
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Sports Illustrated reports several members of the LSU football team have tested positive for COVID-19 and at least 30 members have been asked to quarantine. Some of the cases are apparently connected to a cluster of cases tied to several bars just off-campus. Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins says LSU worked hard to provide a safe environment for players and Coach Ed Orgeron might be forced to prohibit his players from entering bars…
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None of the players who tested positive have been hospitalized.

E Pluribus Unum paid for an 18-hundred person survey that found a majority of white respondents, 51-percent now attribute poverty to a lack of opportunity rather than poor life choices. Pollster Jim Gerstein says this appears to be the first time a majority of whites have expressed that opinion.