The first round of findings from a clinical trial using nitric oxide therapy on COVID-19 patients is showing encouraging results. Kevin Barnhart has the story.

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The Department of Corrections suspends a work program that places inmates in the state Capitol building after two inmates test positive. A department spokesperson says the inmates from the Dixon Correctional Institute in Jackson began showing symptoms on Monday and tested positive Tuesday, both have been placed in medical isolation.

Governor Edwards is encouraging citizens to keep their Labor Day celebrations small to mitigate the spread of COVID. It is also the first holiday weekend many college students will be returning home for the first time. College students fall into the age group with the highest growing number of COVID-19 cases. Even the governor takes precautions with his own college freshman.

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In the past, the state has seen a rise in case numbers approximately two weeks after holiday gatherings.

Facebook takes down a post by Southwest Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins for threatening to shoot armed protestors that come to Lafayette. LSU Shreveport Poli Sci Professor Jeff Sadow says the post is Clay Higgins being Clay Higgins.

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