State and federal personal, partnership, and corporate income tax returns for 2019 are due Wednesday State Education Superintendent Cade Brumley provides the House Education Committee with the guidelines on reopening schools safely…
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The Lake Charles region is running low on ICU beds as COVID cases stack up with only 22 beds still available. Region Five Regional Public Health Medical Director Lacey Cavanaugh says part of the issue is Lake Charles recent spike in cases began earlier than the rest of the state’s.
Governor Edwards’ statewide mask mandate is now in effect and all people entering a business or public building must wear masks when social distancing is not an option. The move has generated a lot of controversy with some Republican lawmakers threatening action against the order. One of those is Oil City Representative Danny McCormick who says the order is an assault on people’s liberty and overreach by the Governor, who is making these decisions without input from lawmakers.
But Governor Edwards told residents over the weekend that if they don’t like the mandate, that’s fine, but they still gotta mask up. Edwards says the mandate if followed, will save lives.
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Only three parishes are exempt from the mandate due to the per capita infection rate, but mask-wearing is still very much encouraged. Grant, Red River, and West Feliciana parishes have fewer than 100 cases per 100,000 people.