Casinos are experiencing a promising start to reopening. Louisiana Gaming Control Board Chairman Ronnie Jones says players are showing up and are not pushing back against virus spread mitigation efforts of wearing masks and social distancing.
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The House Governmental Affairs Committee has rejected a bill that would allow all registered voters in Louisiana to vote by mail. Republican legislators express concerns that mail ballot voting would lead to an increase in voter fraud, but St. Francisville resident Catherine McKinney testified it will not…
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Despite this argument, the measure died on a nine-five vote.

NASA’s Michoud Assembly Center in New Orleans is slowly ramping up production again after an extended closure due to the pandemic. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Cal-Maine Foods in St. Helena Parish is donating nearly 600-thousand eggs to five food banks. General Manager Corey Davis says they had an excess of eggs because schools and restaurants have been closed…
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A House committee shoots down a proposal allowing all registered voters in Louisiana to vote by mail. Recent LSU grad Catherine McKinney and supporter of the legislation says vote by mail is already an option for Louisiana college students…
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The legislation would have allowed voters to request the Secretary of State’s office mail them a ballot. The proposal ran into opposition from Republicans like Denham Springs Representative Valarie Hodges who says vote by mail is more prone to fraud than showing up at a booth.
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The vote was nine to five against and the proposal is dead for the session.

Some technicians are back at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans continuing their work on a rocket for a spaceship that will take the first woman to the moon by 2024. Michoud Director Robert Champion says many engineers continue to work from home…
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The decision to return technicians to the facility was made after NASA officials observed a decrease in COVID numbers across the New Orleans region over a 14-day period.

Cal-Maine Foods in St. Helena Parish donates nearly 600,000 eggs to food banks in Louisiana. Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says Cal-Maine had an excess and wanted to donate it, so they filled two tractor-trailer trucks with 1,560 cases of eggs each and they are on their way to food banks…
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Strain says that’s 23,400 dozen cartons of eggs.

Workers are back at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to continue building rockets for the Artemis Program, which aims to put the first woman on the moon by 2024. Michoud Director Robert Champion says technicians returned Monday.
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Champion says they are still under 25 percent of their full production capacity, but they are still on schedule.

A House Committee has rejected a bill that would have allowed all registered voters to vote by mail. There’s a push to allow eligible voters to vote by mail to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, but Denham Springs Representative Valerie Hodges is confident safety protocols can be put in place so voters can still safely go to the polls…
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Senator Bill Cassidy introduces legislation that would deliver $500 billion in emergency funding to states and local governments. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Cal-Maine Foods in St. Helena Parish is donating nearly 600-thousand eggs to five food banks. General Manager Corey Davis says they had an excess of eggs because schools and restaurants have been closed…
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A legislative effort to allow all registered voters in the state to vote by mail fails to get out of a House Committee. Matt Doyle has more.
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The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is expected to vote on a new Superintendent of Education today. Jefferson Parish Superintendent Cade Brumley, Assistant Superintendent for the department of education Jessica Baghian and former St. James Parish superintendent Lonnie Luce (loose) are the three finalists.

Senator Bill Cassidy wants to help state and local governments who face significant budget cuts because of a downturn in revenues. Cassidy and Democratic New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez have co-introduced the SMART Act which provides 500-billion dollars in emergency funding to states and communities. Cassidy says Louisiana’s tax revenue has taken a hit of 42-percent and points to all of the tourism dollars lost…
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Cal-Maine Foods in St. Helena Parish has donated 600-thousand eggs to five food banks in Louisiana. General Manager Corey Davis says they were able to make this donation, becuase they had an excess of eggs…
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Cal-Maine will distribute the eggs by the end of the month.

NASA’s Michoud Assembly Center in New Orleans East is slowly ramping up production again after an extended closure due to the pandemic. Matt Doyle has the story.
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The head of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board says the reopening of riverboat casinos and video poker truck stops are off to a really good start. Ronnie Jones says a few casinos reported crowds like you would see on a Friday instead of a Monday.

Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy has formally introduced his legislation that would provide 500-billion dollars to state and local governments who are losing tax revenues due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cassidy says the President has indicated his support for the measure, but there are hurdles to clear to get the bill to his desk. He says the faster the money gets to local and state governments, the better…
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The Edwards administration believes right now they can avoid deep budget cuts, based on the federal money they’ve already received.

Cal-Maine Foods, based out of Pine Grove, donates nearly 600,000 eggs to food banks in Louisiana. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says Cal-Maine had an excess and wanted to donate it, so they rolled in with two tractor-trailer trucks with 1,560 cases of eggs each in tow…
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Strain says that’s 23,400 dozen cartons of eggs.

Forbes Magazine reports Mercedes Benz will not renew its naming rights deal with the Superdome when it ends in 2021. UNO Senior Associate Dean and Marketing Professor, Paul Hensel, says during these tough economic times it will not be easy to find a new naming rights sponsor, but a company will emerge that believes it’s a good investment
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The Mercedes Benz Superdome is scheduled to host its next Super Bowl in 2024. But it will have a different name by then. Mercedes-Benz became the Superdome’s first naming rights sponsor in 2011 and the 10-year deal is worth a reported 50-to-60 million dollars.

Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas teamed up with Raising Cane’s today to provide front-line workers throughout the New Orleans area with three-thousand meals. Way to go Can’t guard Mike.

Pelicans executive vice president David Griffin says he anticipates NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will make a decision in the first two weeks of June on whether 2019-20 season will resume. Play was halted with 18 games left in the regular season and the Pels 3.5 games back of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Griffin says when the season resumes, the schedule will likely look different
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It’s been reported the NBA is looking at resuming the season by holding games in Las Vegas and Orlando. But Griffin says the league has not dismissed the option of games played at NBA arenas across the country.

The state health department has published a list of nursing home facilities with confirmed COVID-19 cases. Louisiana is reporting just over four-thousand total cases in nursing homes, along with 987 resident fatalities. Governor Edwards has issued formal prevention measures for all adult residential facilities going forward…
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PPE production work at LSU’s Pete Maravich Assembly Center has completed and about 100 school employees helped produce 21-thousand gowns and 10-thousand face shields for frontline healthcare workers over a 30-day period. Director of Economic Development at LSU Greg Trahan says they are proud of their work…
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The project also produced over two-thousand gallons of hand sanitizer.

If your child received free or reduced-price meals at school, you could receive an EBT card to make up for those lost meals due to school closures. Brooke Thorington explains.
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Forbes Magazine reports Mercedes Benz will not extend its naming rights deal with the Superdome in New Orleans, which means the iconic arena will have a new name after the current deal ends in 2021. Mercedes-Benz also has a naming rights deal with the Atlanta Falcons new stadium and reportedly doesn’t need two stadiums in the NFC South named after the high-end automobile company.