Louisiana’s current stay at home order is set to expire on Friday and Governor Edwards has said he’s hopeful that at 2:30 he’ll announce the state is able to open additional businesses on Saturday like barbershops and salons. Also, restaurants could allow dine-in services with a capacity of 25-percent. Republicans like Congressman Garret Graves are pushing for businesses to re-open…
cut 8 (08) “….adverse implications”

Governor Edwards has announced plans to hire up to 700 Louisianans to expand the state’s contact tracing program. The tracers will call people who tested positive for COVID-19 and ask them to detail anyone who may have been infected by them. Edwards says for those interested in the job…
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Those interested in the job should email contact-tracing-at-la-dot-gov.

The Revenue Estimating Conference meets today to discuss how much money the state will have available to spend next fiscal year and the drop off is expected to be significant. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says every facet of state government will pay attention to this meeting that begins at noon.
Cut 10 (13) “…are so high.”
Speculation indicates the shortfall could be anywhere from 500-million to one-billion dollars.

LSU Health Shreveport is one of five sites in the world chosen to participate in a clinical trial that will see if nitric oxide can successfully treat mild to moderate cases of COVID-19. Principal Investigator Dr. Keith Scott says patients will inhale very high doses of nitric oxide twice a day.
Cut 4 (11)_ “…a ventilator.”
Scott says preliminary data suggest that inhaled nitric oxide could have a virus-killing effect on COVID-19 and they hope to have concrete results by December.