After a lengthy and tense debate, a House committee approved Erath Republican Blake Miguez’s resolution that takes the teeth out of Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards’ stay at home order…
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House Concurrent Resolution 58 passed on a nine to seven vote and heads to the House floor for more debate. Here’s Governor Edwards’ reaction…
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But there are many business owners who are frustrated with the length of the economic shutdown, including this one from Jefferson Parish, who went before the panel…
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Edwards said it’s too early to determine if the state will move to phase one of reopening on May 16th.

The number of coronavirus cases in Louisiana has surpassed 30-thousand and some of those cases include children. Kevin Barnhart has more on that…
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The governor also said at his press briefing that the state has hired an additional 700 workers to staff call centers, under the supervision of epidemiologists, to assist in the state’s effort to conduct contact tracing. Edwards says he’ll release more details on the state’s plan for contact tracing tomorrow.