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• Louisiana is reporting 667 new COVID-19 cases for a total of 148,882. There were 34 additional deaths for a total of 4,821. There...
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• The Louisiana Department of Health reported 326 new cases Monday, the lowest single-day total since June 8, but the state closed community drive-through...
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• The state says 532 backlogged COVID-19 cases were among the 1,645 new cases reported since Friday, WBRZ-TV reports. Last week, there was an...
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• Louisiana is reporting 627 news COVID-19 cases Friday, and 30 additional deaths, according to WBRZ-TV. Hospitalizations rose by 24, reaching 900 across the...
Proving how a worker contracts COVID-19 is a tough legal hurdle
While workers and customers are contracting COVID-19, legally it is hard to prove exactly where the person contracted the virus. So far this detail...
Investigators uncover $62M in PPP fraud, say it’s just the beginning
The criminal complaints read like catalogs of luxury bling: a diamond-laden $52,000 Rolex, a gambling spree at the Bellagio, two Lamborghinis, a pair of...
Baton Rouge area adds jobs in July, but sees steep year-over-year losses
Baton Rouge’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate totaled 9.1% in July, down from 9.6% in June but up significantly from 5.1% last year, according...
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• Evidence continues to mount that the nationwide surge in COVID-19 cases that occurred this summer is subsiding, USA Today reports.
• U.S. consumers increased...
SBA accused of breaking finance rules for PPP loans
Citing a 2006 law, a panel of inspectors general have asked the U.S. Small Business Administration to release the names of businesses that received...
Despite improvements, Edwards not lifting virus restrictions
As Louisiana has made significant strides in combating its second coronavirus surge, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced today that he's keeping the state's mask...
Garret Graves: ‘There’s no doubt we need an additional lifeline like PPP’
While some have begun to speculate whether Congress will be able to reach a deal for another coronavirus relief package, U.S. Rep. Garret Graves was optimistic this morning that something could be enacted soon.
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• U.S. consumer confidence fell for the second straight month in August as a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in many parts of the country...
Employers court laid-off L’Auberge workers during job fair
A handful of local employers attended a job fair L’Auberge Casino and Hotel held last Thursday for the 161 workers the casino laid off...
BRAC analysis: Baton Rouge Black-owned businesses hit especially hard
More than half (59%) of local Black-owned businesses have experienced a large negative effect from COVID-19, compared with just 38% nationally—a 55% greater impact...
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• Louisiana reported 622 new COVID-19 cases today and 18 additional deaths marking a total of 4,623 fatalities. Hospitalizations have dropped to 939, WBRZ-TV...
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• Louisiana is reporting 1,093 new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the total to 141,720 since March. There were 50 additional deaths, increasing the statewide...
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• Most of Louisiana's more than 500,000 unemployed workers will begin receiving an extra $300 next week, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said Thursday,...
CPAs advising some clients not to bother with Trump’s payroll tax deferral
Nearly two weeks after President Trump issued an executive order extending unemployment benefits and deferring payroll taxes for employees, the federal government has yet...
Ochsner study: COVID-19 has infected 6.6% of Baton Rouge-area residents
Some 6.6% of residents in Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Livingston and West Baton Rouge parishes are estimated to have been infected by the novel...
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• Louisiana is reporting 1,034 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 140,821. There were 28 additional deaths, raising the statewide total to...
