A local judge has issued a temporary restraining order against Shreveport’s mask mandate. Matt Doyle asked a legal expert if cities have the legal authority to issue these mandates…
Voting for Louisiana’s Presidential Primary is today. There are also local races in 24 parishes and party committee positions. Workers at the polling locations will regularly wipe down voting machines, hand sanitizer will be available and masks are recommended. If you are hoping to get your hands on the state’s famous “I Voted” stickers, you are out of luck this election as they won’t be given out because of COVID-19. Polls are open from 7 AM to 8 PM.
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.”
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”
This stretch of hot weather will continue into early next week