6:30 LRN Newscast June 2

Attorney General Jeff Landry blasts the LSU Faculty Senate’s request that the school adopts a mandate requiring students be vaccinated to attend classes in the fall. LSU Interim President Thomas Galligan says he’s “reviewing” the request, but Landry says there’s nothing to review and the mandate would be illegal.
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LSU spokesperson Ernie Ballard says the school does not believe they can mandate vaccines on campus.

A clinical trial is underway in Louisiana to test an at-home nasal spray’s effectiveness at preventing people from getting COVID-19. Baton Rouge General Rhinologist Doctor Henry Barham says they are following participants for six weeks after use of the nasal spray…
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Barham says the spray is not necessarily a substitute for the vaccine, but instead a complement to the vaccine.

Over 200,000 kids are expected to attend summer school for what the Superintendent of Education calls the most important summer school in modern history. Matt Doyle has the story.
Cut 1 (30) “…I’m Matt Doyle.”