La. launching application for front-line stimulus checks next week

BATON ROUGE - Louisiana will soon start taking applications for hazard pay. That means more money in the pockets of front-line workers.Cashiers, bus drivers, law enforcement, health care workers and more, the state of Louisiana plans to give these essential workers who performed jobs during the early months of the pandemic a $250 check.Deona Cavalier works at Calandro's Supermarket. She's worked as a cashier since the start of the outbreak."Any little bit is going to be beneficial to everybody,