NOAA predicts a busy hurricane season in 2020 with the potential of 13 to 19 named storms, six to ten hurricanes, and three to six major hurricanes. NOAA’s lead hurricane season forecaster Doctor Gerry Bell…
cut 6 (13) “….African monsoons”
Bell says they do not anticipate an El Nino forming, which can suppress hurricane activity.

For the first time since March 28th, the state has fewer than one-thousand COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Governor John Bel Edwards…
cut 10 (11) “….to go down”
As of Wednesday’s Department of Health report, there are 931 COVID-19 hospitalizations. 110 patients are on ventilators, down from a peak of 571 on April 4th.

Governor Edwards indicates he is open to compromise with the Legislature on tort reform legislation aimed at lowering auto insurance rates. Edwards made the comments on his monthly talk show Ask the Governor. He says River Ridge Senator Kirk Talbot’s bill has some merits…
Cut 3 (11) “…possible.”
Edwards did not specify what those provisions are.

Former longtime Angola prison warden Burl Cain has been named as the new head of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The 77-year-old received national attention for dramatically reducing inmate violence at Angola, but he abruptly retired in 2015 as he was the subject of multiple investigations looking into whether prison employees did work on his personal home and used public funds for personal use. Cain has denied any wrongdoing.