Alexandria Representative Lance Harris introduces legislation that would give the legislature the ability to take away state funding from local governments and universities that cut the budget for their police departments by more than 10-percent. Harris says he opposes the “Defund the Police” movement.
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No word on when this bill will get its first hearing before a legislative committee.

The House Education and Health and Welfare Committees hold a joint meeting today to discuss the governor’s executive order that limits high school athletic events to 25-percent capacity. The governor’s office says the order is to ensure the safety of Louisianans. House Education Chair Ray Garafalo says he needs more information…
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The Main Street Recovery Program which assists small businesses with pandemic recovery losses puts the breaks on applications. Brooke Thorington explains.
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The American Hotel and Lodging Association says 38-percent of Louisiana hotel jobs have been lost as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and another 32-percent could be unemployed in several months if Congress doesn’t do something to help the industry out. The report says 38-thousand hotel jobs have been lost in Louisiana, 14-thousand of them became unemployed this month.