Starting Friday restaurants can operate at 50 percent capacity and bars can open in a limited fashion as the state enters Phase Two. Assistant Health Secretary Doctor Alex Billioux notes normal bar settings are high risk for COVID transmission so they’ll only be allowed to open at 25 percent capacity with a six-foot separation between groups.
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Bars with LDH food permits will be allowed to operate as restaurants. The state will remain in Phase Two at least until June 26th.
LSU outlines a roadmap to the return to physical class settings this fall. The current plans would see the fall semester starting on schedule. LSU Interim President Thomas Galligan says they are exploring the idea of holding physical classes on campus through Thanksgiving, then after the holiday, using online courses to finish the semester.
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The special session has begun and lawmakers are set to tangle over proposals aimed at rebooting the state’s economy. Chairman of the Louisiana Economic Recovery Task Force Jason Decuir says first up is codifying relief passed by executive order during the early days of the pandemic, and then things like…
Legislators will also consider a temporary, and possibly permanent repeal of the franchise tax.
The regular session concluded last night with lawmakers approving a bill that makes changes to the state’s legal system in an effort to reduce auto insurance rates by at least 10-percent. Monroe Senator Katrina Jackson voted against it
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There’s a chance the governor will veto the legislation.