An online survey of nearly 15-thousand parents and teachers finds 58-percent of them are not comfortable sending their children back to the classroom. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has tested positive for the coronavirus. Matt Doyle has more…
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Louisiana Lottery launches a smartphone app. Lottery spokesperson Kim Chopin says the app will help make lottery transactions easier and contactless.
Cut 3 (07) “…print the ticket.”
Those digital play slips can be created with various number selection methods and saved until a player visits a retailer.
While tickets will not be able to be purchased on the phone, Chopin says the app adds more convenience in allowing players to manage their lottery play on their phone as they can also use the app to find out if you have a winning ticket.
Cut 4 (08)_ “…lot more transparency.”
Chopin says the app has been in the works for a while but says that the app’s ability to reduce the amount of contact between lottery retail workers and players make this app more needed than ever.
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The app is available now and is free for iPhone and Android device users.
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The Louisiana Federation of Teachers says 58-percent of teachers and parents who participated in their online survey do not feel comfortable returning to school next month. L-F-T president Larry Carter says certain precautions and mandates need to be in place to create a safe environment
Carter says federal and state governments have not done enough to make sure schools can reopen safely
Carter is pushing the U-S Senate to approve the Heroes Act. The teachers union says that legislation would provide 1.5 billion dollars to Louisiana to help implement the COVID safety protocols.
Nearly 15-thousand people responded to the survey on L-F-T’s website. 64-hundred of the respondents identified themselves as an employee of a school system. Carter says 45-percent of those individuals say they prefer to work from home given the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Cleco announces customers who’ve had trouble paying their energy bills can get an installment plan to pay their past due amounts back over up to 18 months.
Spokesperson Fran Phoenix says this offer is good for payments due from March through July 16th, and if accepted will be added to your monthly bill as an installment.
Phoenix explains how this would work for the average customer who has had to miss a few payments due to recent financial difficulties.
More details on the long-term payment plan can be found on the Cleco website.
The Public Service Commission gave companies the ability to begin disconnection procedures for non-payment July 16th but Phoenix says Cleco won’t begin until September 1st.
Starting September 30th Cleco will also cease reimbursement for the two-dollar fifty-cent credit card fee charge for paying bills.
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Vice President Mike Pence’s first stop in Louisiana today was to the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness building in Baton Rouge. Pence thanked the federal and state workers who have put in long hours and he says the Trump administration stands ready to assist
Pence says this is a serious time as the state reported 22-hundred new cases today and hospitalizations rose by 54. He says the White House is making sure the state has what it needs
Senator John Kennedy says Louisiana has received 60 cases of remedsivir this week. Doctors are using this drug to treat hospitalized coronavirus patients. Kennedy says Pence has been both a rock and rock star during this experience…
Kennedy also spoke to emergency responders at GOHSEP. He expressed the need to get public schools open again…
Kennedy says only 30 children in the U-S under the age of 15 have died from COVID-19, which shows children are not as susceptible.