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Governor delays primary, closes schools over coronavirus

by Associated Press
| March 13, 2020 12:05 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's governor on Friday closed K-12 public schools across the state for roughly a month and banned gatherings of more than 250 people in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. He said he also planned to postpone the presidential primary until June.

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