The State Fire Marshal’s office has conducted around 3,100 coronavirus spread mitigation compliance checks between June 26 and July 5, yet there hasn’t been any penalization of the rule-breakers. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says that’s because businesses are correcting shortcomings after the first visit.
Cut 9 (10) “…consider penalizing somebody.”
Northwest Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson is suing the City of Shreveport in an attempt to stop the city’s mask mandate. Johnson believes the city does not have the authority to force people to wear masks inside businesses, but Loyola Law Professor Dane Ciolino says yes, they do have that authority.
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It will be a hot weekend as heat index values will reach 110, maybe even 115 degrees. State Climatologist Barry Keim says a high-pressure system in the northern Gulf of Mexico will limit cloudiness and thunderstorms
Cut 3 (11) “…lots of humidity”
Keim says this stretch of hot weather will continue into early next week.
The Louisiana Federation of Teachers is asking the state mandate facemask usage while on school campuses, instead of the current policy of recommending their use. If the state refuses to mandate facemask usage in schools could we see teachers participate in an organized walkout? LFT President Larry Carter says that’s not being considered right now.
Carter says Teachers did rank health issues as their number one concern heading into the school year in a recent survey.