The USDA announces it will buy 30 million dollars’ worth of Gulf of Mexico shrimp to help stabilize the market and avoid a total price collapse due to excess product.
Louisiana Shrimp Association President Acy Cooper says the season just began Monday and they’re optimistic that we’re looking at a good season.
Cut 12 (09) “come back”

President Trump signed an executive order over the weekend deferring payroll tax collection for employees through the end of the year.
Postlethwaite and Netterville Associate Tax Director Kathryn Pittman says it is very important to keep in mind that this is not a payroll tax holiday.
Cut 13 (11) “…deferral.”

The Department of Health reports there have been 22 COVID-19 outbreaks linked to daycare facilities across the state since the pandemic started. Assistant State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says
While children appear to be more resilient than adults when it comes to avoiding poor health outcomes from the virus, kids in Louisiana have died from complications of COVID-19. Kanter says Louisiana is seeing an increasing number of cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, or MIS-C, associated with COVID-19 among young people. Another death linked to MIS-C was reported Monday.
Cut 6 (11) “…than daycare age.”