State Education Superintendent Cade Brumley is confident in the protocols for spread mitigation as schools begin to re-open. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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LSU’s D-D Breaux announces she’s retiring after 43 years as head coach of the Tigers gymnastics program. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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State Education Superintendent Cade Brumley says classes begin this week for seven different school systems. Brumley says many schools are using a hybrid model, a split between virtual and in-person learning. Brumley says they’ve allocated over 300-million dollars in federal money to improve virtual instruction
Brumley says the state is working with experts across the nation on establishing best practices in various areas pertaining to virtual instruction.
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Brumley says the guidance from the state level does leave room for local autonomy in how a school system handles its mix of virtual and in-person instruction.
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Legendary coach D-D Breaux announced today she’s retiring after 43 years as the leader of LSU women’s gymnastics program. Co-head coach Jay Clark will take over. The 67-year-old Breaux admits the past year has been difficult with the death of her mother and then the coronavirus pandemic
Breaux is leaving on top as the Tigers are three-time defending SEC champions and fans have been packing the PMAC to watch their meets. The Donaldsonville native says after building the gymnastics program into a national powerhouse, she can now spend more time with her four grandchildren…
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Breaux is not completely leaving LSU as she’s been named as an ambassador for LSU, so she plans to be involved in a lot of different community service projects…
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State Treasurer John Schroder estimates about 10,000 small businesses have completed an application for Main Street Recovery grants, but they’re running into some issues and misconceptions from applicants.
He says some haven’t filed annual reports with the Secretary of State, many others haven’t filed their taxes, and…
Those who qualify can receive up to 15,000 dollars in no-strings-attached cash. Applicants must have fewer than 50 employees to be eligible.
Schroder says about 65 percent of applicants are using their smartphone to sign up. The problem is…
Schroder says they’ll need about 30,000 businesses to complete the application process before the fund is exhausted.
The Treasurer says there’s also been misunderstanding about who can apply. One, you can apply if you received federal aid and two, the program is not just for minorities.
Schroder says about 70 percent of applicants are classified as minorities. The state widely publicized that 40 million of the 275 million dollar fund was to be set aside for minority, women, and veteran-owned businesses.
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Governor John Bel Edwards announces Louisiana will remain in phase two for another three weeks until August 28th as he plans to officially extend the state’s coronavirus restrictions on Thursday. Edwards says this means the mask mandate and bar closure order will stay in place
Edwards says the White House coronavirus task force recommends that the state keeps its mitigation measures in place. But he says there is encouraging news, the number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital is on the decline
There are currently 1,487 COVID-19 patients in the hospital statewide. Edwards says there are also fewer people showing up at ER’s reporting COVID-like symptoms. Edwards says we can continue to reduce the transmission of the virus, but it will take everyone doing their part