Vice President Mike Pence has wrapped up a meeting at LSU with Governor John Bel Edwards and higher education leaders. Pence began his visit to Baton Rouge by meeting with emergency responders at the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. Pence thanked the federal and state workers who have put in long hours and he says the Trump administration stands ready to assist…
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Senator John Kennedy says Pence has been both a rock and rock star during this experience.
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Kennedy says Louisiana has received 60 cases of remedsivir this week thanks to the Trump administration. COVID-19 hospitalizations rose by another 54 today.

Louisiana Federation of Teachers President Larry Carter says their recent online survey found that 45-percent of the 64-hundred respondents who identified themselves as an employee of a school system would prefer to work from home given the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Schools are set to reopen next month. BESE is meeting at this hour to decide if face masks should be a mandate for most school children.

Cleco is giving its customers struggling to pay their utility bills, 18 months to catch up on past due bills. Spokesperson for the Pineville-based utility company, Fran Pheonix, says they are calling it a long-term payment plan…
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On September 1st, Cleco will reinstate disconnect procedures and late fees.