Louisiana Radio Network I’m Jeff Palermo…
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That’s Governor John Bel Edwards during a COVID-19 briefing he gave yesterday. Edwards says the number of coronavirus patients has surpassed 16-hundred, the highest it’s been since early May.

The state’s Domestic Violence Flexible Housing Assistance Program receives a million-dollar grant. Brooke Thorington has more.
Cut 2 (29) “…I’m Brooke Thorington.”

The state transportation department is moving forward with a plan to build a new I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge, but the proposal calls for tolls to pay for the project that would cost between 700 to 800-million dollars….
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That’s Louisiana Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson, who says the state legislature has given him the green light to seek a private partner who will finance the costs for a new bridge and toll revenues will be used to pay the firm that invests in the project.

Congressional negotiators will work over the weekend on a COVID-19 economic relief package that Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy has helped put together. Cassidy says a central element of the legislation is 300-billion dollars in aid for businesses…
cut 3 (12) “…remain employed”
Federal lawmakers also want to provide taxpayers with a second round of stimulus checks.