Governor John Bel Edwards announces the state has received federal money to begin paying an additional 600 dollars a week to those who are receiving unemployment. Edwards says 277-thousand people have filed for unemployment since March 1st and the state paid out 25-million dollars in benefits last week…
cut 12 (09) “….million dollars”
Nationally, 16-point-six million have filed for unemployment, which means 10-percent of the U-S labor force is out of work.

The U-S Senate is expected to vote today to add an additional 250-billion dollars for the popular Paycheck Protection Program. That’s the loan program that helps small businesses keep paying their workers, the rent and other operating expenses. Kennedy says it’s a lot of money, but necessary…
cut 15 (07) “….shut down”

A team from LSU is creating personal protective equipment for healthcare workers including much-needed masks and gowns. LSU Biomedical Engineering senior Meagan Moore says they are using materials like cardboard, hot glue, and trash bags.
Cut 4 (12)_ “…protection for physicians.”
Moore says Lamar Advertising is donating old billboards to make gowns.

Its tradition for Christians to attend services at their church on Easter. But most churches will be closed on Sunday. LSU Associate Professor of Religious Studies Michael Pasquier (pass-cay) says a message from religious leaders to congregation members can go a long way in letting them know they are doing the right thing by their faith by staying home…
cut 8 (100 “….religious obligation”