Many businesses are prepped and ready for the gradual restart of the Louisiana economy set to begin tomorrow as the Governor releases an official proclamation today declaring the stay at home order is ending Friday, and Phase One will begin. Edwards says the social distancing regulations and limits on capacity to 25 percent are all part of keeping the rate of transmission for COVID-19 as close to one or lower as possible. He thanks residents for getting us this far…
A bill banning drivers from touching their cell phones flies through the Senate and is headed to the House. Bill sponsor Covington Sen. Patrick McMath says measure contributes to this session’s focus on lower auto insurance rates.
Cut 9 (10) “…premiums as well.”__
Louisiana sees 40,000 new unemployment insurance applications last week, down from 50,000 new applications the week before. The record-breaking case application numbers are being processed by Louisiana Workforce Commission, whose executive director Ava Dejoie received rave reviews from a House Committee earlier today. One of those came from Alexandria Representative Ed Larvadain…
Today the US reported three million new unemployed workers, bringing to national total to 36.5 million.
LSU executive deputy athletics director Verge Ausberry says it will be the SEC, not the NCAA who will determine if the Tigers will kick off their football season in September. Ausberry says it’s also too soon to decide if fans will be allowed inside Tiger Stadium for potential games