PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 30 -- Duquesne University issued the following news release on April 29: Eligible third-year students at Xavier University of Louisiana-the nation's only Catholic school among the Historically Black Colleges and Universities-will be offered direct admission to Duquesne University School of Law through a new Early-Admission Agreement between the two institutions. Representatives from the schools virtually "signed" the agreement April 24 via a Zoom meeting. Throug  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 1 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on April 30: Gov. John Bel Edwards formally extended Louisiana's Stay at Home order until May 15 as the state continues to slow the spread of COVID-19 to meet the White House threshold criteria for opening more of our economy. In recent days and weeks, Louisiana has seen a drop in new case counts and hospitalizations in some, but not all, regions of the state, though the death rate continues to be hig  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 2 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards released two new PSAs encouraging Louisianans to comply with the extended Stay at Home Order to slow the spread of Covid-19 and ultimately meet the White House guidelines for entering Phase One. "A new day is coming for Louisiana and it will be here before we know it. I have extended the Stay at Home Order until May 15 to give all of us a little more time to slow the spread of  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 30 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement: On Wednesday, April 29, Gov. John Bel Edwards will travel to Washington, D.C. to meet with President Donald Trump to discuss Louisiana's ongoing response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Gov. Edwards is one of a handful of governors invited to meet one-on-one with the President. Currently, Louisiana has the fifth-highest per capita rate of cases in the United States. Gov. Edwards said: "I look f  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 28 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced he will extend Louisiana's Stay at Home order until May 15 to continue to slow the spread of COVID-19. Louisiana does not currently meet the White House criteria for entering Phase One of reopening. While Louisiana has seen positive, improving trends statewide in terms of new case growth and new hospitalizations, in several regions across the state, new cases and h  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 1 -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following news release on April 30: Attorney General Jeff Landry is encouraging Governor John Bel Edwards to amend his Emergency Proclamation so Churches and Houses of Worship in Louisiana may immediately begin the process of reopening by following specific best practice guidelines. In a letter to the Governor today, General Landry highlights that "religious liberty is a bedrock principled right from which our f  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, April 30 -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: Researchers at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette are working on a system that relies on ozone to decontaminate masks worn by health care personnel to protect them from airborne pathogens. The tight-fitting masks are a type of personal protective equipment, or PPE. They are designed to be worn only once by medical professionals assisting patients with highly infectious diseas  more