Is Jazz Fest the first live event domino to fall in Louisiana? 

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Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser was scrambling Monday morning to shore up Louisiana’s festival, fair and Mardi Gras calendar after Sunday’s announcement that this fall’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has been canceled because of COVID-19 concerns. Nungesser, who oversees Louisiana’s tourism efforts, says he received no warning about the cancellation and was taken by

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