Governor Edwards says if you get a call from a number that reads 877-766-2130, it’s a contact tracer. Edwards says it’s important you answer the contact tracer’s questions because they will inform you that a person you’ve been in contact with has tested positive for the coronavirus. He says it’s been used in Louisiana before…
The state previously had 70 contact tracers employed, but they’ve just trained about 300 more.
Parts of southeast Louisiana are drying out today after over a foot of rain fell in an area north of Lake Ponchartrain. Phil Grigsby with the National Weather Service in Slidell says their highest rainfall total was 15 inches
Rivers continue to rise and the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff deputies were still conducting water rescues on Friday morning.
Many of Louisiana’s 450,000 small businesses are struggling to make rent amid the COVID-driven economic crisis. Beau Box Commercial Real Estate New Orleans VP Cress Gardner says if your business is struggling to make rent reach out to your landlord with detailed accounting demonstrating how your business will bounce back after the crisis cools.
The National Federation of Independent Business says many its Louisiana members are glad to open their doors today, even at a reduced capacity, but NFIB state director Dawn Starns says the 25% cap on capacity is difficult for many to endure for long.