The state Education Department has provided guidelines to local districts on how students will advance to the next grade. Kevin Barnhart has more.
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President Trump has laid out a roadmap on how the country can return to normal activity. The president says it will be a gradual process and restrictions will first be eased in areas with low transmission of the coronavirus. Governor Edwards says Louisiana will not be one of the first states to reopen because of its high rate of infections and deaths.

LSU Health Shreveport will begin to conduct serology testing, a process that will allow them to check a person’s blood for antibodies that may indicate they are immune to coronavirus. But Immunology Professor Matthew Woolard says it’s not enough to have anti-coronavirus antibodies, they need to know how effective they are, and how many are needed to be effective.
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There will be no Jazz Fest this year. The music festival at the New Orleans Fairgrounds attracts 475-thousand visitors every year and produces an estimated 400-million dollar economic impact. CEO of New Orleans and Company, the city’s convention and visitor’s bureau, Mark Romig says that money and money from other canceled festivals, not easy to replace…
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