At his briefing today Governor Edwards announces that K-12 school campuses will remain closed for students for the remainder of the current school year. And in New Orleans, Mayor LaToya Cantrell extends the stay in shelter order for the city until May 16th.
16 residents at a veterans’ home in Reserve that tested positive for COVID-19 have died, an outbreak that is driving St. John the Baptist Parish’s high per capita death rate. Matt Doyle has the story.
Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says the state is working on a set of guidelines to potentially get restaurants and other service industry businesses open in May. Nungesser says if it is safe to lift the stay at home order in May, restaurants could come back under strict guidelines…
The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee has asked Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin to revise his plan for the July 11th presidential primary over concerns that his proposal that expands mail-in voting to too many people. Shreveport Senator Barry Milligan says the more people who can vote by mail, the greater chance for fraud. Ardoin says he wants to make the voting process both safe and accessible.