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with Matthew Albright | Assistant metro editorGood morning! It was a big news day yesterday. Let's get you all up to speed. No more mask mandate — mostlyGov. John Bel Edwards anounced Tuesday that he was dropping Louisiana's requirement to wear masks in public indoor places. But he did say some schools — the ones that aren't quaranting students who are exposed to COVID — still need to wear them. Click here to see what that means for Baton Rouge-area schools. And check out this video replay of the governor announcing and explaining his decision. Parent involvement coupons?There's a lot of evidence that students do better when their parents are involved in their education. So Louisiana is trying to get more parents involved in parent-teacher conferences, school activities and the like. One way? They're setting up an app that scores parents coupons if they check into those academies. It's designed to be a way to directly reward parents who get engaged. NBA YoungBoy freedNBA Youngboy, the chart-topping, scandal-plagued rapper from Baton Rouge, cleared the last legal hurdle keeping him in jail before his trial. He's now bound for Utah, where his lawyer and promoters have promised to build him an in-home recording studio and hire private security to keep him out of trouble. Thanks for reading, and have a great afternoon. |
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| Gov. John Bel Edwards said Tuesday he's lifting Louisiana's indoor mask mandate but keeping in place face covering requirements for certain… Read more |
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| If public schools in Ascension, Livingston, Tangipahoa, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana parishes want to stop requiring masks in school… Read more |
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| Gov. John Bel Edwards is expected to address the state's mask mandate at a press conference Tuesday afternoon ahead of the mandates' expira… Read more |
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| The state is taking the extraordinary step of offering rewards to parents who take part in their child's education. Read more |
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| Local chart-topping rapper NBA YoungBoy — a convicted felon facing federal gun charges in Baton Rouge and Los Angeles — has cleared the la… Read more |
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| The search for LSU’s next football coach has entered the phase of long, drawn-out speculation. Read more |
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| When Bistro Byronz moved a few blocks, the longtime Mid City eatery brought everything with it. Then upped its game. Read more |
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| A federal judge sentenced a Livingston Parish couple to a year of probation each for selling vulnerable Louisiana turtles to an agent who w… Read more |
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| Brenda Harris and her husband, Johnny, grew up in the swamps that buffer the pine woods of Tangipahoa Parish from the north shores of lakes… Read more |
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