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The Latest: Flood of appeals leads Louisiana to suspend help

| July 19, 2020 1:03 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana officials said Sunday they have suspended an emergency rent assistance program to help those hurt by the COVID-19 economic slowdown because they were quickly overwhelmed with applicants.

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