Governor Edwards met with President Donald Trump today in the Oval Office and afterwards praised the federal government’s commitment to supply Louisiana with enough test kits so that it can test at least 200,000 individuals a month for the coronavirus. Edwards says that’s a critical piece in their COVID-19 response efforts
Edwards is hopeful the state can begin a phase one reopening of the economy on May 16th.
Not all Republicans are happy with Governor Edwards and his extention of the stay at home order until May 15th and are looking at overriding the emergency declaration. Shreveport Representative Alan Seabaugh says state law allows lawmakers to revoke a governor’s disaster order if a majority of the House or Senate agree to a written petition
Raising Cane’s CEO Todd Graves says after an initial 30 percent hit to his company’s sales due to the COVID shutdown they’ve bounced back to even, but most local restaurants aren’t so lucky. He says do to expanded carry out options many have been able to hit 50 percent of their expected sales and hope to survive long enough to make it to the economic reopening. Even after that though, the biggest fear is…
Graves made the comments on Talk Louisiana.
About 58 million Americans are spending more money now than before social distancing according to the personal finance website WalletHub. WalletHub analyst Jill Gonzales says people are staying in and ordering more online, but deliveries are causing anxiety for shoppers.