Governor Edwards says an estimated 417-thousand Louisiana residents will receive an addtional 300-dollars a week in unemployment as a result of action from the Trump administration. But Edwards says there is some bad news…
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Edwards says according to the federal guidance the state has received, up to 87-thousand individuals who receive less than 100-dollars a week in state unemployment and those who are out of work not because of the pandemic are ineligible for this extra funding.

Two former LSU students have told USA Today that former Tigers running back Derrius Guice raped them in 2016 when the Baton Rouge native was a freshman. LSU beat reporter Glen Guilbeau for the USA Today Network says the investigative story found that the women reported the allegations to multiple people at LSU, but…
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The story by Nancy Armour and Kenny Jacoby claim two coaches, an athletics administrator and nurse were told about the alleged assault. Guice’s attorney says the accusations are not true.

Today and tomorrow, lawmakers will discuss Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin’s plan for fall elections, but the proposal will not pass, because Governor Edwards says it does not provide for absentte mail-in voting options for people who are at high risk for suffering issues from COVID-19. Kevin Barnhart has reaction from lawmakers…
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Edwards will likely talk more about Ardoin’s election plan during his Ask the Governor Show which will air on many of these stations at two PM today.