The number of COVID-19 deaths has surpassed two-thousand as the state reported 51 more fatalities today, bringing the death toll to 2,042. The Louisiana Health Department also reports 323 new cases as the total number of cases is just shy of 30-thousand.

Attorney General Jeff Landry is urging the governor to open up barber shops and hair salons. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Louisiana set another record with 53-million visitors in 2019. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says they are looking at a sharp decrease this year, but his office is reaching out to groups that canceled their events in Louisiana…
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Nungesser says the state can start welcoming tourists back once Louisiana enters phase two of re-opening the economy.

After ruling all non-unanimous jury verdicts unconstitutional the US Supreme Court will now decide whether that decision applies retroactively. The case involves a Baton Rouge man serving multiple life sentences, but the jury hearing the case did not deliver a unanimous verdict in 2006. His attorney Andre Belanger explains the objective…
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Belanger’s client, Thedrick Edwards, was convicted on multiple counts, including kidnapping and rape.