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BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has acted on every bill passed during June’s special session, including approving a long list of tax breaks and subsidies and measures meant to promote access to high-speed internet.

The Vermilion Parish School District originally had plans to start school on Aug. 10. That was Plan A. But, as of last week, there is now a Plan B and possibly a Plan C, which pushes the opening date back.
At Thursday’s five-hour school board meeting, the board members could not decide when school will start. The debate went back and forth, and the meeting had to be stopped at 11 p.m., because everyone was getting tired. The meeting will continue Monday at 6 p.m., and the board is expected to decide on when to begin the school year.

LAFAYETTE — Free mobile COVID-19 testing at Cajun Field will be extended through Sunday, July 19. Testing on Friday, July 17, however, will be limited to motorists who visit the site to receive food.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the Louisiana Department of Health have been operating the site since July 10.