Vice President Mike Pence visits with Governor John Bel Edwards in Baton Rouge today. Edwards says the visit comes following the selection of Baton Rouge as one of the three metropolitan areas in the nation to be selected to receive federal resources for surge testing.
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The Governor and the VP will meet at LSU’s Tiger Stadium with education and health officials.

State and federal individual and corporate income tax returns for 2019 are due tomorrow. The original due dates were in April and May, but Louisiana Revenue Secretary Kimberly Robinson says the pandemic inspired the state and feds to push the filing date back…
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LHSAA Executive Director Eddie Bonine has told the House Education Committee that in order for high school football games to be played, the state has to reach Phase Four of its reopening. According to the LHSAA guidelines, the only two sports that can compete against other schools in Phase Two are cross country and swimming. Basketball, soccer and wrestling all need to be in phase four too. Volleyball can hold competitive matches in phase three. And Bonine says if some athletic events are able to proceed, they might do so without fans, but that creates other problems…
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