Southerneastern Louisiana University student Thora Hughes has started a petition against the planned reopening of campus, citing concerns over infection rates from COVID-19. The Hammond, Louisiana university has a student body of over 14,000 graduate and undergraduates. According to the petition, students will have to attend “hybrid classes” – which means a mix of in-person […]
Governor John Bel Edwards announced on Friday, August 7 that he would be petitioning President Trump to fully fund the deployment of the Louisiana National Guard through December 31, 2020. Without it, Louisiana could be on the hook for $10 million. Title 32, Section 502(f) of the United States Code provides that the National Guard […]
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. It’s the middle of the summer, and the coronavirus has not gone away. When the pandemic first began, some had hoped that there’d be a lull during the summer, with the heat […]
According to the U.S. Census Household Pulse Survey responses collected July 9 through July 14, 26.5 percent of U.S. adults either missed last month's rent or have slight or no confidence that they can make their next rent payment on time.
The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the largest economies in the world since China reported the first confirmed case in December 2019. The disease started spreading rapidly in Europe and the United States in February. The growth domestic product of China grew by 3 percent in the second quarter of the year while that of […]
Former Presidential Candidate Herman Cain has died due to COVID-19. The former Godfather’s Pizza CEO and conservative political pundit became nationally famous when, as a 2012 contender for the Republican presidential nomination, he introduced his “9-9-9 Plan”. The idea was to keep it as simple as possible, with a nine percent sales tax, a nine […]
An internal memo authored by Our Lady of Lourdes interim chief medical officer Henry J. Kaufman was leaked yesterday, July 28, and began spreading like wildfire on social media. Its warnings for parts of Louisiana were unsettling. Now, the memo has been published online by Our Lady of Lourdes, which is based in Lafayette. In […]
A Richwood, Louisiana, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility, run by LaSalle Corrections, has seen a rash of Covid-19 cases. LaSalle Corrections is a privately-owned company that has businesses in Texas and Georgia, as well as in Louisiana. According to whistleblowers, the Covid-19 outbreak has been handled with lies, deceit, and apathy that goes […]
As the new school year fast approaches, whether and how to reopen is caught up in the ongoing novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Is it safe for students to attend brick-and-mortar classrooms? Can we make it safer? And should they attend classes even if we can’t? With a scheduled start date of Aug. 12 […]
Many Louisianans will tell you how proud they are to live in such a wonderful state – full of rich culture and history, warm weather, abundant wildlife and delicious food. But Louisianans have not been immune to their fair share of tragedies – namely, devastating hurricanes and now, the COVID-19 pandemic. One thing that has […]
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