The House approves a number of items that would significantly limit, if not overturn the Governor’s ability to set pandemic public health restrictions. Matt Doyle has the story.
Governor Edwards says the current restrictions on bars are necessary to keep COVID-transmission low and save lives. Bars in parishes that can open can only serve until 11 PM, can only do table service, and are limited to 25 percent capacity. Edwards says these aren’t arbitrary rules.
An 11-year old and an 18-year-old are dead after a southbound State Police Trooper rear-ended another vehicle while responding to a separate crash Thursday night in Ouachita Parish on Highway 165. Trooper Michael Reichardt says the trooper involved is the son of State Police Superintendent, Colonel Kevin Reeves.
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Reeves was en route to an 18-wheeler crash in Caldwell Parish and was not injured in the crash, but the other driver involved, Kenneth Lindsey, was taken to a hospital with moderate injuries.
The 2020 Census deadline has been extended to October 31 and census workers are hitting the streets to cover the remaining 5% of Louisiana households that have not yet responded. Assistant regional census manager Marilyn Stephens says elected officials are emphasizing the importance of this year’s participation because the 2010 census was not looked at as a complete census for Louisiana.