The state issues revised COVID guidance for K-12 schools to keep disruptions to a minimum. State epidemiologist Teresa Sokol says if you are fully vaccinated or recovered from COVID in the last 90 days you are exempted from having to quarantine after being exposed. Sokol says that another option is the “test to stay” which requires those who are unvaccinated to be tested for COVID twice a day for five days after exposure.

Cut 4 (10) “…of the school.”

LDH is offering three options, including universal masking, for K-12 schools and daycares because full adherence to CDC guidelines presents operational challenges.

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Third Judicial District Attorney John Belton plans to pursue criminal charges against those involved in the 2019 fatal arrest of Ronald Greene, but he’s waiting for the U-S Justice Department to complete its investigation. Belton expects the federal D-O-J will complete that investigation soon…

Cut 8 (08) “…will proceed”

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The Louisiana Supreme Court says it will consider whether the state’s ban on nonunanimous jury verdicts should apply retroactively. The U-S Supreme Court has already refused to make the split jury ban law retroactive, but Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says the state supreme court can issue its own ruling.  But the Louisiana Attorney General’s office claims overturning the split system verdict retroactively would create havoc because hundreds of old cases would be re-tried…

Cut 10 (10) “…four to six months”

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Governor John Bel Edwards has extended Louisiana’s COVID public health emergency order but has removed the remaining mitigation measures from the order. Governor Edwards did re-emphasize the recommendations for people to wear masks, particularly around large crowds. It’s something to keep in mind as Mardi Gras and festival season approach.

Cut 12 (14) “…remain high.”