The number of COVID-19 patients in Louisiana has fallen below one-thousand. Governor Edwards says just over a month ago, we had 21-hundred individuals in the hospital with COVID-19. Yesterday’s number was 931. It was last Friday when the governor loosened restrictions on businesses and he says it’s too early to tell if it’s led to an increase in total cases…
cut 12 (13) “….get the data”
Edwards plans on announcing on June first if the state will move into phase two of reopening the economy.

The NCAA Division One council has reportedly voted to allow football and basketball players to begin voluntary workouts on college campuses starting on June 1st. LSU officials hope to get football players back on campus next month and SEC campus leaders are set to vote on Friday whether their schools can reopen their facilities in early June.

A bill that would significantly expand medical marijuana access nears final legislative passage. Patients are only currently eligible for the treatment if they are impacted by a significant disease or disorder, but Stonewall Representative Larry Bagley says this legislation would authorize therapeutic cannabis for any condition that a doctor considers debilitating…
cut 15 (08) “….access”
The bill easily passed the House and is awaiting final legislative approval in the full Senate.

NOAA releases its hurricane forecast for the upcoming season in the next hour. State Climatologist Barry Keim expects the federal forecasters to predict an above-average season, because of warm sea surface temps and the lack of an El Nino or La Nina…
cut 5 (11) “…does the opposite”