The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has approved minimum safety standards for the reopening of public schools. They include social distancing guidelines and a face mask requirement. Matt Doyle reports schools that refuse to follow the recommendations could get sued…
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Retail giant Walmart says they will begin requiring shoppers to wear masks in order to enter their stores starting next Monday. Walmart says they will have an employee at the front door enforcing the face mask policy.

The Louisiana Department of Revenue says they are having network connectivity issues with the website where front-line workers can apply for a 250-dollar hazard paycheck. Revenue Secretary Kimberly Robinson says the state Office of Technology Services is working to resolve the problem as quickly as possible…
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Frontlineworkers.la.gov began accepting applications at midnight and by seven AM they accepted more than 14-thousand applications.

Coach Ed Orgeron was part of the roundtable discussion that involved Vice President Mike Pence and Governor John Bel Edwards at LSU’s Tiger Stadium yesterday. Orgeron said its important to have football this year and Pence agrees…
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SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey has said the league will make a decision in late July on what may occur with the football season.