The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meets this afternoon and they’ll make a decision on if masks should be required in most public school classrooms when schools reopen next month. BESE President Sandy Holloway says they’ve already received a lot of public input…
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Education Superintendent Cade Brumley has recommended that students third grade and up should wear a face covering if possible and practical.

Also this afternoon, Vice President Mike Pence will be in Baton Rouge to discuss the state’s coronavirus response with Governor John Bel Edwards. The meeting will take place at LSU’s Tiger Stadium and Edwards says higher ed leaders will also be present to discuss fall reopening plans….
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The meeting begins at 3 PM.

After 19 years in office Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo is unseated by Independent Friday Ellis. Matt Doyle has the story.
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New Orleans Police detectives are looking for a white two-door Jeep Wrangler that may have been involved in last night’s triple shooting in the Seventh Ward that left a nine-year-old dead and two teenagers in stable condition at a local hospital. Authorities have not released any information about a possible motive.