Labor Day weekend is also the first weekend many college students will be returning home for the first time. College students also fall into the age group with the highest growing number of COVID-19 case numbers. Even the governor takes precautions with his own college freshman.
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The high school football season is tentatively set to begin October 8th, and there’s a push to restart contact practices on September 11th.
Garofalo says the biggest stumbling block for resuming sports has been concerns over legal liability should any students or staff get COVID-19. He’s confident they can get liability protection for high school sports by addressing legislation passed at the end of the special session.
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The house education committee meets this morning at 9.

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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An East Feliciana parish school board member has missed so many meetings since 2016 that the local district attorney is considering charging him with payroll fraud. Edward Brooks Jr. is also a full-time truck driver an Clinton Police officer. Brooks says he works for his constituents and attending meetings is not the only thing members do.