Slidell Senator Sharon Hewitt has started an online petition for residents to sign that would urge Governor John Bel Edwards to open Louisiana on a parish by parish basis. Hewitt says this grassroots online petition at open-LA-now-dot-com restores the voice of Louisiana voters….
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But Edwards says he does not plan on allowing local parishes to open before the stay at home order ends, or to allow parishes to relax restrictions more than others.
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Part of that threshold calls for Louisiana to have 140-thousand coronavirus tests conducted a month. Edwards says that should be doable in May.

The coronavirus pandemic may result in the demise of many department stores according to retail experts at Columbia University…
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Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow was the first pick in last night’s N-F-L draft and will now battle Andy Dalton to be the starting Q-B in Cincinnati…
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A school-record five LSU Tigers were selected in the first round, including running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire to the Super Bowl champion Chiefs. The Saints used their first-round pick to take Michigan center Cesar Ruiz.