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St. John Parish COVID-19 Daily Update  Monday, March 30, 2020   St. John the Baptist Parish - At the daily noon update, The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), confirmed 75 total cases in St. John Parish and 8 deaths.   Our condolences to all who have lost loved ones and friends to this horrible disease. The message is the same - stay home. Please continue to practice social ...read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 27, 2020Contact: govpress@la.govLED Opens COVID-19 Help Desk for Louisiana Businesses BATON ROUGE — Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards and Secretary Don Pierson of Louisiana Economic Development announced the opening of an LED help desk that provides email and hotline support for Louisiana businesses impacted by COVID-19.For COVID-19 business questions, LED may be reached at ...read more

Emergency Stimulus Package – The White House and Senate leaders annouCOVID-19 Resources for Louisiana Businessnced that they have reached a deal on a nearly $2 trillion emergency relief package (The CARES Act). The deal would include: $250B for direct payments to individuals and families$350B for forgivable small business loans (see below)$250B in unemployment insurance benefits$500B in loans for ...read more

New Orleans Airport Remains OpenAs a vital transportation center for our region, the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) remains open. The airport continues to monitor the ongoing developments with COVID-19 (coronavirus) and are making adjustments to operations as needed. We continue to follow the guidance of the Centers for Disease Control, the Louisiana Department of Health, ...read more

March 23, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JOINT STATEMENT – RELEASED BY ST. JAMES PARISH HOSPITAL AND ST. JAMES PARISH OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS As of March 23, 2020, at noon, the Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed 8 positive COVID-19 cases and 1 COVID-19 related death in St. James Parish. COVID-19 patients are being treated in multiple parishes. Patients being treated at St. ...read more

Cox Adjusts Louisiana Operations Due to Coronavirus Emergency Orders, Expands Low Income Internet OfferingMarch 23, 2020, LOUISIANA – Cox announced today that it is adjusting operations in its metro Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Lafayette service areas in light of the growing coronavirus pandemic and emergency orders issued by the State and local governing bodies. Despite these changes, Cox is ...read more

The Holiday Inn Express is open and running business as usual as much as possible.  VooDoo BBQ next door is open as well offering take out orders as is Wendy’s.  We are offering a special crisis rate to our neighbors of $59 to help everyone get through these trying times.  Let us know if there is anything we can do to help.  Tunney   Tunney Barrett Director of Sales & MarketingHoliday Inn ...read more

Per the recommendation of the CDC, we have temporarily closed the doors to our business. We support the decisions made by our government officials and believe that taking aggressive steps such as these will ensure the safety and security of our customers, employees, and communities as we pull together to overcome this pandemic.  This has been a rapidly changing situation, but our approach to ...read more

 Q Hotels is still open and looking for business.. We are  happy to offer some of the best rates for anyone in the Hospitals, Traveling Physicians, Federal & Government Employees medical right now in our area. Below are the 3 location that I sell for. The owners of Q Hotels want you all to know that we are happy to work with FEMA and all Government agencies to house your travelers along with ...read more

  Amid the uncertainty that surrounds the nation right now, one thing that remains constant is that the American Cancer Society is focused on the health and safety of our patients, volunteers, and staff.  This is undoubtedly a challenging time, but the fact is, cancer does not stop and neither do we.  Your American Cancer Society remains available to provide information, support, and guidance to ...read more

GOV. EDWARDS: ALL LOUISIANA PARISHES ELIGIBLE FOR COVID-19 BUSINESS AIDPost Date:03/19/2020 3:15 PM BATON ROUGE — Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that small businesses in all 64 Louisiana parishes will have access to federal Small Business Administration disaster aid in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza confirmed that Louisiana’s more than 440,000 small ...read more

Press ReleaseFOR RELEASE – February 12, 2020Contact: Alexandra “Alex” Hernándezahernandez@portsl.com985-652-9278    If you are having trouble seeing this e-mail, go to https://bit.ly/2SonpOe     PORT OF SOUTH LOUISIANA AWARDED $13.4M FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION GRANTGrant is slated for improvements at the Port’s public facility, Globalplex Intermodal ...read more

We know that in Louisiana there is currently no consistent, stable state funding stream for early care and education, and that we are currently spending less than ½ of 1% of our state general funds on this.  By contrast, other states have used “sin taxes” such as lottery funds, tobacco settlement funds and tobacco taxes to specifically fund early care and education.      For these reasons: • We ...read more