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 the lack of citations or shutdowns is a strong indicator that businesses care enough about their customers and employees to come into compliance.
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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.
It will be a hot couple of days in the Bayou State as heat index values will reach 110, maybe even 115 degrees. State Climatologist Barry Keim says rain chances are low this weekend…
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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 believes they do have the authority to do so.
If the mandate were to be implemented non-compliant businesses could potentially be shut down while the state remained in Phase Two.
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 the ability to avoid interrupting player’s routines while other aspects of life were on hold contributed to captivating their audience.