The state reported 36 more COVID-19 deaths today to bring the state’s death toll to just under 35-hundred. The 36 deaths recorded over the last 24 hours is the highest since May 22nd, when the state reported 39 deaths. Governor John Bel Edwards will hold a press conference at 2:30. The state’s Phase 2 coronavirus order expires on Sunday.

It’s been ten months since the Hard Rock Hotel collapse and the bodies of two workers might finally be recovered from the rubble within a matter of days. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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The National Hurricane Center now gives a tropical wave over western Cuba a 40-percent of developing into at least tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico this week. State Climatologist Barry Keim says a hurricane hunter aircraft is scheduled to investigate the system tomorrow to get a better idea of what this disturbance is doing…
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Gradual development of this system is possible as it moves west-northwest during the next few days.

Tomorrow begins the three-day qualifying period for the federal election in November. A well-funded opponent from the Democratic party has yet to emerge to challenge Republican Senator Bill Cassidy. Louisiana Democratic Party executive director Stephen Handwerk believes they’ll have a formidable candidate…
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Handwerk was a guest this morning on Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster.