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State Department Of Health Files Complaint Against Noncompliant BBQ Joint

A Livingston Parish judge has ordered Firehouse BBQ to temporarily close, granting a restraining order requested by the Louisiana Department of Health as part of a lawsuit the department filed against the Watson, Louisiana, restaurant for its repeated failure to comply with state coronavirus restrictions.

Coronavirus Cases Are Surging. The Contact Tracing Workforce Is Not

The United States needs as many as 100,000 contact tracers to fight the pandemic, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told Congress in June. We need billions of dollars to fund them, public health leaders pleaded in April . But in August, with coronavirus cases increasing in more than half of states , America has neither the staff nor the resources to be able to trace the contacts of every new case — a key step in the COVID-19 public health response. Contact tracers...

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State Department Of Health Files Complaint Against Noncompliant BBQ Joint

By Paul Braun • 14 hours ago

Capitol Access Weekly: An Update On Lawsuits Challenging Louisiana's Coronavirus Restrictions

By Paul Braun • 16 hours ago

You don't have to look far to find controversy around mask mandates and business closures. Just scroll through social media or take a trip to the grocery store in Louisiana, multiple groups of business owners have filed lawsuits, challenging Gov. John Bel Edwards’ coronavirus restrictions.

Louisiana Judge Upholds Governor's Coronavirus Restrictions

By Paul Braun • Aug 6, 2020

A Louisiana judge upheld Gov. John Bel Edwards’ statewide mask mandate, closure of bars and 50-person limit on indoor gatherings Thursday, rejecting four Jefferson Parish business owners’ claims that the state’s coronavirus restrictions violate their constitutional rights.

Remaining Months Of The 2020 Hurricane Season Will Be ‘Extremely Active’

By Tegan Wendland • Aug 6, 2020

The latest forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts there could be a record-breaking number of hurricanes this year.

Louisiana Passes Grim Milestone: 4,000 Killed By COVID-19

By Rosemary Westwood • Aug 6, 2020

More than 4,000 people have died from COVID-19 in Louisiana, six months into the still-raging coronavirus pandemic.

Edwards Administration Defends Coronavirus Restrictions From Renewed Legal Challenges

By Paul Braun • Aug 6, 2020

Representatives of Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration were in court Wednesday defending the state’s coronavirus restrictions during the preliminary hearings in a legal challenge brought by four Jefferson Parish business owners.

Louisiana's Phase 2 Restrictions Will Remain In Place Through Aug. 28

By Paul Braun • Aug 5, 2020

Gov. John Bel Edwards confirmed Tuesday that Louisiana will remain under Phase 2 coronavirus restrictions for another 21 days as the state attempts to build upon recent gains in its fight against the virus.

The Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Is Smaller Than Scientists Expected This Year

By Tegan Wendland • Aug 4, 2020

The “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is smaller than average this year, according to scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

AG Jeff Landry Demands The Federal Government Boost Supplies Of Remdesivir To Treat COVID-19

By Rosemary Westwood • Aug 4, 2020

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is among a bipartisan group of attorneys general calling on the federal government to increase the supply of the drug remdesivir to treat severely ill COVID-19 patients.

Police Use-Of-Force Policies Are Under Renewed Scrutiny After BRPD Pins Black Teen With A Knee

By Bobbi-Jeanne Misick • Aug 4, 2020

When Baton Rouge activist Gary Chambers Jr. posted a cell phone video on his Facebook page of a police officer kneeling on what appeared to be a Black teenager’s neck, Louisiana’s state capital braced for the worst.