The Office of Motor Vehicles is closing physical locations effective Friday. Online services will remain in effect. The state is reporting ten deaths and 380 positive coronavirus cases. Among those, Saints head coach Sean Payton has tested positive after not feeling well, but not having a temperature. Orleans Parish is leading the state with the lion’s share of the cases. Dr. Tina Stefanski, regional medical director of the Office of Public Health in Acadiana, says there’s no evidence of community spread in Lafayette Parish…
Guns and ammo sales are seeing a huge surge as a result of the Guns and ammo sales are seeing a huge surge as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Owner of Meaux Guns in Baton Rouge Joe Meaux says the access to ammo is restricted as supply is struggling to keep up with demand at gun shops across the state.
Congress is rushing to complete an economic stimulus package to help an economy heading towards a recession. Senator John Kennedy says the White House is calling for a family of four to receive a three-thousand dollar check and that money would arrive as a direct deposit in three weeks.
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The price of oil is hovering in the mid 20 dollars a barrel, prices not seen since the early 2000s. The price collapse is hammering the industry, and Louisiana Oil and Gas Association President Gifford Briggs says this will have a direct effect on industry workers.
Briggs warns that even if the COVID crisis breaks in the next few weeks, American industry is still threatened by Russia and OPEC, who are purposefully overproducing to deflate prices.