Governor Edwards announces Louisiana has received a SNAP waiver allowing benefits to be used to purchase hot or prepared food for the month of September. Edwards says this is a big help for those who’ve been displaced due to Hurricane Laura, however you can’t use these benefits at restaurants.
A CDC moratorium on evictions for non-payment of rent takes effect today and lasts until the end of the year. Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center spokesperson Maxwell Ciardullo says the CDC is exercising powers granted to it during a public health emergency.
LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine tells the House Education Committee what to expect for the upcoming high school football season. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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The Department of Corrections suspends a work program that places inmates in the state Capitol building after two inmates test positive. A department spokesperson says the inmates from the Dixon Correctional Institute in Jackson began showing symptoms on Monday and tested positive Tuesday, both have been placed in medical isolation.