Governor John Bel Edwards is asking Louisiana residents to not let their guard down on COVID mitigation efforts just because it’s a holiday.  Edwards says the state has seen ground lost after other holidays…

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The state’s Phase Two declaration expires Friday, a Phase Three decision is expected soon.

State Treasurer John Schroder says they’re relaxing some application rules for the Main Street Recovery Program with the aim of getting more businesses to sign up for relief grants worth up to 15,000 dollars. Schroder says for the first 21 days of the program only businesses who didn’t get previous federal pandemic aid could apply with a “quick-relief” option. That’s not the case anymore.

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New tech to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread is being tested on the helmets of LSU football players. Kevin Barnhart has the story.

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The Calcasieu Parish communities of Toomey and Stark are the first two in the parish to get the lights back on just over a week after Hurricane Laura devastated the region’s electrical infrastructure. Still according to the Public Service Commission 97 percent of all customers in the parish don’t have power, and for most it could be another two weeks before they do. Elsewhere in the state nearly all of central Louisiana now has power restored.

The LHSAA appears to have a plan in place to restart the high school football season October 8^th. Executive director Eddie Bonine says they’ve consulted with other states who already began play and will limit attendance to 50 percent of capacity, and in the event that enough players are told to quarantine or isolate to the point where they do not have an adequate roster to compete, the inability to play a game will not be counted against them as a forfeit.

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Yesterday a CDC moratorium on evictions for non-payment of rent took effect. To gain protection under the moratorium a tenant must sign a declaration attesting that removal from their home would put them at great risk of contracting coronavirus. Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center spokesperson Maxwell Ciardullo says you can get the form, useable statewide, at ready.nola.gov…

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When it comes to Laura evacuees the state still doesn’t have an exact number of people from Louisiana who fled to Texas and are being sheltered by the State of Texas, but Governor Edwards did say the number is likely in the thousands and mostly in Houston or Beaumont. He says they’re being moved…

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Edwards also announced SNAP restrictions on the purchase of hot and prepared food from grocery stores have been lifted. SNAP recipients still can’t use their benefits at restaurants, but they can use it to buy an expanded list of items at a grocery.

The death toll for Hurricane Laura rises to 23 as another two people die from heat-related illnesses and another fatality is reported from a work-related incident where a man was struck on the head by a falling tree limb. 

High school football appears good to go for a scheduled start date of October 8^th after testimony from LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonnie yesterday in a House committee. Bonine says he has consulted with other states who are already playing football to form the standards.  From that, stadiums will operate at half-capacity for spectators.

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A Trump Administration ruling through the CDC to prevent evictions for non-payment of rent took effect yesterday. The ruling does not absolve renters of paying their rent, it just pushes the due date back to January. Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center spokesperson Maxwell Ciardullo warns this sets the stage for mass evictions to start 2021…

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So far in New Orleans alone since the moratorium ended June 15th there have been 730 eviction filings.

Governor Edwards announces Louisiana has received a SNAP waiver allowing benefits to be used to purchase hot or prepared food for the month of September, but adds you can’t use these benefits at restaurants.

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That’s a big help for the people of southwest Louisiana seeing as just about every customer in Calcasieu, Beauregard, and Cameron is still without power, and about a quarter to half of customers in Winn, Natchitoches, Rapides, Allen, Jeff Davis, Vernon, and Sabine lack power.

Just over one in five Louisiana households still need to fill out their census forms.  Assistant regional census manager Marilyn Stephens says when census takers show up at your door, they will have an official photo ID and be practicing virus spread mitigation efforts.

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LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine spoke to the House Education Committee yesterday and says a plan is in place that would see high school football starting on time.  While originally forecasting that football could only happen in Phase Three, Bonine says the season could move forward in Phase Two.

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Bonine says he has consulted with other states who are already playing football to form the standards.

A CDC moratorium on evictions for non-payment of rent took effect Friday and lasts until the end of the year. To gain protection under the moratorium a tenant must sign a declaration attesting that removal from their home would put them at great risk of contracting coronavirus. Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center spokesperson Maxwell Ciardullo says you can get the form, useable statewide, at ready.nola.gov…

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Just over one in five Louisiana households still need to fill out their census forms.  Assistant regional census manager Marilyn Stephens says census workers are knocking on doors to in an effort to have the census count wrapped up by the end of the month deadline.

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If a community is 5% undercounted, it could result in a loss of $15 million over the next decade.

When it comes to Laura evacuees the state still doesn’t have an exact number of people from Louisiana who fled to Texas and are being sheltered by the State of Texas, but Governor Edwards did say the number is likely in the thousands and mostly in Houston or Beaumont. He says they’re being moved…

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Just under 12,000 Laura refugees are being sheltered by Louisiana.

LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine tells the House Education Committee what to expect for the upcoming high school football season. 

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The death toll for Hurricane Laura rises to 23 as another two people die from heat-related illnesses and another fatality is reported from a work-related incident where a man was struck on the head by a falling tree limb. Cleco now reports that power has been restored to 87 percent of its statewide customers.

A CDC moratorium on evictions for non-payment of rent took effect Friday and lasts until the end of the year. Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center spokesperson Maxwell Ciardullo says the CDC is exercising powers granted to it during a public health emergency.

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To gain protection under the order you must fill out a form stating removal from your rental unit would result in increased exposure to coronavirus.

Governor Edwards announces Louisiana has received a SNAP waiver allowing benefits to be used to purchase hot or prepared food for the month of September. Edwards says this is a big help for those who’ve been displaced due to Hurricane Laura, and the 11,679 people being sheltered by the state, primarily in 37 New Orleans hotels.

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LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine spoke to the House Education Committee this morning and says a plan is in place that would see high school football starting on time.  While originally forecasting that football could only happen in Phase Three, Bonine says the season could move forward in Phase Two.
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Spectator attendance will be limited to half-capacity.

Governor Edwards announces Louisiana has received a SNAP waiver allowing benefits to be used to purchase hot or prepared food for the month of September. Edwards says this is a big help for those who’ve been displaced due to Hurricane Laura, and the 11,679 people being sheltered by the state, primarily in 37 New Orleans hotels.

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Edwards says you can’t use these benefits at restaurants.

Just over one in five Louisiana households still need to fill out their census forms.  Assistant regional census manager Marilyn Stephens says census workers are knocking on doors to in an effort to have the census count wrapped up by the end of the month deadline.
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If a community is 5% undercounted, it could result in a loss of $15 million over the next decade.
A CDC moratorium on evictions for non-payment of rent takes effect today and lasts until the end of the year. To gain protection under the moratorium a tenant must sign a declaration attesting that removal from their home would put them at great risk of contracting coronavirus. Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center spokesperson Maxwell Ciardullo says you can get the form, useable statewide, at ready.nola.gov…
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The ruling does not absolve renters of paying their rent, it just pushes the due date back to January.

A new federal eviction moratorium takes effect today and lasts until 2021. Matt Doyle has the story.

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At least least 22 deaths in Louisiana have been attributed to Hurricane Laura according to the Louisiana Department of Health. On Friday, LDH reported that a 41-year-old man and a 47-year-old man died due to heat-related illnesses while removing debris in Vernon Parish. Nine of the 22 deaths so far have been from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Governor John Bel Edwards says when it comes to Laura evacuees the state still doesn’t have an exact number of people from Louisiana who fled to Texas and are being sheltered by the State of Texas, but he did say the number is likely in the thousands and mostly in Houston or Beaumont. Edwards says they’re being moved…

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LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine tells the House Education Committee there is a plan is in place that would see high school football starting on time. And Bonine says that in the event enough players are told to quarantine or isolate to the point where they do not have an adequate roster to compete, the inability to play a game will not be counted against them as a forfeit.

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Governor Edwards announces Louisiana has received a SNAP waiver allowing benefits to be used to purchase hot or prepared food for the month of September. Edwards says this is a big help for those who’ve been displaced due to Hurricane Laura, however you can’t use these benefits at restaurants.

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A CDC moratorium on evictions for non-payment of rent takes effect today and lasts until the end of the year. Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center spokesperson Maxwell Ciardullo says the CDC is exercising powers granted to it during a public health emergency.

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LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine tells the House Education Committee what to expect for the upcoming high school football season.  Kevin Barnhart has the story.

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The Department of Corrections suspends a work program that places inmates in the state Capitol building after two inmates test positive. A department spokesperson says the inmates from the Dixon Correctional Institute in Jackson began showing symptoms on Monday and tested positive Tuesday, both have been placed in medical isolation.