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• The Louisiana Department of Health reported 1,345 new COVID-19 cases today and another 50 deaths, bringing the statewide death toll to 4,028, WBRZ-TV...
Louisiana lawmakers hopeful Congress will find solution to dwindling unemployment fund
State legislative leaders are hoping Congress will give states flexibility to use some federal pandemic relief money to help bail out their unemployment compensation...
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• Nearly 1.2 million laid-off Americans applied for state unemployment benefits last week, evidence that the coronavirus keeps forcing companies to slash jobs just...
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• Louisiana's COVID-19 hospitalizations continued a trend of modest decreases today, while the state reported 41 more deaths. The Louisiana Department of Health reported...
LSU-area retailers keeping their eye on the Tigers
Struggling businesses near LSU are hoping the university offers a financial lifeline this fall by opening the campus to students … and football fans.
After finding workplace testing niche, Relief Telemed looks for school partnerships
Relief Telemed, the 1-year-old local telemedicine startup that, over the past 60 days, has tested more than 3,000 employees in south Louisiana, is turning...
BRAC’s economic indicators show consumer spending near pre-pandemic levels
Consumer spending had normalized in the Capital Region to near pre-pandemic levels in the weeks running up to the expiration of federal unemployment enhancement,...
Virus roundup …
• The cost of groceries has been rising at the fastest pace in decades since the coronavirus pandemic seized the U.S. economy, leading to...
Business bracing for costly health insurance news
COVID-19 will indeed have an impact on health insurance premiums, which almost certainly will rise, but by how much remains the question?
Baton Rouge government avoids massive cuts for now, thanks to CARES Act, belt tightening
As the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic deepens, city-parish government is tightening its belt, though federal relief money has so far prevented widespread...
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• Adults, children and most college students would get a $1,000 stimulus payment through the next congressional COVID-19 relief package in a bill introduced...
Edwards extends phase two restrictions, joins five states in purchase deal for COVID-19 rapid...
Gov. John Bel Edwards today announced plans to extend the current phase two restrictions, which keeps bars closed, masks mandated statewide and indoor gatherings...
How Baton Rouge restaurants are dealing with anti-maskers
Still operating at 50% capacity, some restaurants in Baton Rouge are having to deal with another issue: people who refuse to wear face coverings either arguing with their employees or turning away their business.
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• Gov. John Bel Edwards is expected to address Louisiana’s coronavirus response today at 2:30 p.m. The number of positive coronavirus cases is starting...
Performing arts organizations unveil amended plans for fall season
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in mid-March, performing arts organizations canceled the remainder of their typically busy spring seasons, hoping, like most sectors, for...
Louisiana’s Main Street grant program already processing 9K applications
Nearly 20,000 small businesses around Louisiana initiated applications with the state’s Main Street Recovery Grant Program in just the first four days that the...
Virus roundup …
• The Louisiana Department of Health is reporting 1,100 new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the state total to 120,846. There were 17 additional deaths...
Louisiana releases return-to-work safety guidelines for film production
As motion picture productions prepare to resume filming in Louisiana after a months-long pause, LED today released a set of safety guidelines for the...
Virus roundup …
• The state reported 3,477 new COVID-19 cases and 58 new deaths from the virus over the weekend, WBRZ-TV reports.
• Military equipment supplier Atlantic...
Dwindling unemployment fund a ‘huge issue’ to business groups
Business groups are increasingly nervous about what could happen if the state’s Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund runs out of money, which, at this point, appears to be a real possibility.
