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…
Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to meet with Governor Edwards in Baton Rouge on Tuesday to discuss the efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19. From there, the VP will meet with higher ed leaders at Tiger Stadium regarding the return to campus and college sports.
….And Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sanky said today that the concern about the feasibility of playing football is “high to very high”
Voting for Louisiana’s Presidential Primary is today. There are also local races in 24 parishes and party committee positions. Polls are open until 8 PM.
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.
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.