Voting for Louisiana’s Presidential Primary is today. There are also local races in 24 parishes and party committee positions. It will be a hot one for casting your ballot as heat index values will reach 110, maybe even 115 degrees. State Climatologist Barry Keim says this stretch of hot weather will continue into early next week and it will be quite warm for outdoor activities in the morning…
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A Caddo District Court judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the City’s implementation of a mandate requiring masks to be worn inside businesses. New Orleans, Jefferson Parish, and East Baton Rouge Parish have also issued similar mandates. Loyola Law Professor Dane Ciolino says mask mandate opponents will have a hard time arguing against the mandates in potential court proceedings.
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If the mandate were to be implemented non-compliant businesses could potentially be shut down while the state remained in Phase Two.
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.Browning says after a third check, if there are businesses that are blatantly defying the rules, that’s when further action will be taken, but says it has yet to come to that.
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The coronavirus pandemic may have put a dent into many sectors of the economy, but the Louisiana Lottery says they’ve just finished their second-best fiscal year ever that ended on June 30th. Lottery spokesperson Kim Chopin says that’s in large part due to an uptick in scratch-off sales from April through June.Many lottery retailers such as grocery and convenience stores were deemed essential and stayed open, which Chopin says was vital in maintaining player activity.