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…
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Edwards says they are seeing evidence of progress, as the number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital is slowly declining.

A very unique school year is set to begin and some school systems have made the decision to provide virtual instruction full time or a hybrid model of in-person and online learning. Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says the state will soon provide school districts with more guidance on virtual education…
cut 4 (10) “…of vetting that”

State Treasurer John Schroder said on Talk Louisiana today that 10,000 Louisiana small businesses have completed applications for Main Street grant progam and he estimates there’s enough cash to offer another 20,000 businesses a no-strings-attached 15-thousand dollar grant. Schroder advises interested businesses to apply on their desktop computer and not their phone…
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He says 65% of applicants have tried on a phone.

The longest tenured coach in SEC history, LSU’s D-D Breaux announced her retirement today after leading the Tigers gymnastics program for 43 years. LSU has finished as national runner-ups three times since 2016. The Donaldsonville native says after building the gymnastics program into a powerhouse, she looks forward to more time with her grandkids…
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Jay Clark, who was the co-head coach, will take over Breaux.