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Many LA businesses struggle to make rent amidst COVID crisis
Many of Louisiana's 450,000 small businesses are struggling to make rent amid the COVID-driven economic crisis. Beau Box Commercial Real Estate New Orleans VP Cres Gardner says the divide between whic...
May 15, 2020
Northshore area gets drenched with overnight rainfall of up to 15 inches
Parts of southeast Louisiana are drying out today after over a foot of rain fell in an area north of Lake Ponchartrain. Phil Grigsby with the National Weather Service in Slidell says their highest rai...
May 15, 2020
Active enforcement of Governor's new proclamation not to take place in Many
The Sabine Parish town of Many will not actively enforce the Governor's new proclamation according to Mayor Kenneth Freeman. Freeman feels the residents of Many are doing a good enough job keeping up ...
May 15, 2020
Childcare centers, summer schools receive Phase One guidance
The Louisiana Department of Education releases guidelines on how childcare centers and summer schools should proceed under Phase One. Childcare centers were not ordered closed under stay at home, but ...
May 14, 2020
Fire Marshal details the "new normal" with Phase One beginning Friday
Many businesses can resume operations Friday at 25 percent capacity as the state enters Phase One. Fire Marshal Butch Browning says churches can resume indoor services, but worshipers will be spaced o...
May 14, 2020 Butch Browning, State Fire Marshal
LSU preparing for the possibility of a delayed or shortened college football season
LSU executive deputy athletics director Verge Ausberry says it will not be the NCAA who will determine if the Tigers will kick off their football season in September. Ausberry says that decision will ...
May 14, 2020
Governor Edwards calls on residents to take appropriate safety precautions as the state moves into phase one
Governor Edwards releases a proclamation Thursday that will officially loosen restrictions on restaurants and churches starting Friday. Gyms, movie theaters, nail, and hair salons can reopen. Edwards ...
May 14, 2020
Bill to ban handheld cellphone usage while driving advances from the Senate to the House
The Louisiana Senate votes 31-5 to ban the handheld usage of cell phones while behind the wheel and the bill is heading to the House for further discussion. Bill sponsor Covington Sen. Patrick McMath ...
May 14, 2020 Jim Legans, Jr / CC
40,000 new unemployment claims filed in Louisiana last week
Louisiana sees 40,000 new unemployment insurance claims last week and the House Labor Committee tells Louisiana Workforce Commission Executive Director Ava Dejoie her department is handling the crush ...
May 14, 2020 Pictures of Money / CC
State Parks to reopen Friday for in-state visitors
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser announces the reopening of 18 of the state's historical sites, and 18 of the 21 state parks this Friday. Nungesser says state parks have lots of cancellations, so there has ne...
May 14, 2020
