Louisiana moves back to phase three coronavirus restrictions today, which means a majority of businesses, including restaurants and salons, can operate at 75-percent capacity and bars can operate at 25-percent capacity. Louisiana Association of Business and Industry President Stephen Waguespack…
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The statewide mask mandate remains in place.

The phase three order also allows for live music indoors, but strict regulations must be followed that have been put in place by the State Fire Marshal. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says the experience will not be what it was pre-pandemic…
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Browning says a 20-foot separation between the stage and audience and a strong H-VAC system must in place.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on the Senate to pass a one-point-nine trillion-dollar COVID-19 relief bill, but Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy said he can’t get support the bill, because it contains funding that has nothing to do with the virus…
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An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing eight-year-old and four-year-old from Ponchatoula. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s office says Kaesyn Heck and Jax Matthews were inside their father’s vehicle when it was stolen from his home. The vehicle is a maroon 2013 Hyundia Elantra with a Louisiana license plate of 153AFD.