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$300 Jobless Aid Starts Next Week in Louisiana; Bar Owners Appeal Closure Ruling

Louisiana should start issuing checks for $300 in weekly federal coronavirus unemployment aid next week, but as many as 87,000 people receiving state unemployment may not be eligible for the federal assistance, Gov. John Bel Edwards has said. The state …

Federal Judge Declines to Block Louisiana’s Forced Bar Closures

A federal judge in New Orleans refused on Aug. 17 to block a state order closing bars to stop the spread of COVID-19, handing a defeat to 10 southeast Louisiana bar owners who had sued to stop the closure. U.S. …