New CDC guidelines say those who were exposed to a positive COVID case now only have to quarantine for ten days, as opposed to the previous 14. US Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary Admiral Brett Giroir…
Bar owners and microbrewers vented their frustrations with COVID restrictions they say are overly burdensome to a House committee. Rock and Bowl owner Johnny Blanchard says if the state would work with bar and music venue owners on looser restrictions a lot of service industry workers could be moved off unemployment.
The state’s unemployment trust fund has been drained dry and Louisiana is currently having to take out federal loans to pay out state benefits.
Governor John Bel Edwards says he did not violate the state’s mask mandate in a photo of him that shows him not wearing a mask in public. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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A rash of state officials have all come down with COVID-19, or have been exposed to the virus recently. Today news broke that State Treasure John Schroder is hospitalized with the disease but is responding well to treatment and in little discomfort. Congressman Garrett Graves is in quarantine right now after having close contact with a positive case, and Congressman Mike Johnson announced that he had the bug very recently, but has fully recovered from it and tested negative.