11:30 LRN Newscast Feb 10

House Speaker Clay Schexnayder forms a committee to investigate the 2019 fatal State Police arrest of Ronald Greene and if there was a cover-up. Jeff Palermo has the story

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Governor Edwards issued a statement in regard to the committee, saying he welcomes any and all legislative oversight and hopes it will be a productive nonpartisan discussion on how to continue ongoing reforms at State Police, so what happened the night of Greene’s death will never happen again.

Alliance Compressors is expanding its Natchitoches facility with a $45-million investment. Chairman of Alliance Compressors, Brent Schroder says the investment allows them to add a third assembly line to the plant, which will create 78 direct new jobs with an average annual salary of $47,000.

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Schroder says the expansion allows them to continue to support their partners, Emerson, Trane Technologies, and Lennox Industries.

More than a million people suffer burns annually and half go to an ER or are treated at a burn care center. LSU Health New Orleans professor of surgery Dr. Jeffrey Carter has been working on a more advanced way to assist burn victims with a type of spray-on-skin and speed up recovery.

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The spray-on-skin also generates the same pigmentation.