LSU has officially announced that Scott Woodward is the university’s next athletic director. Woodward has been Texas A-and-M’s athletic director since 2016 and also had the same job at Washington for eight years. Glen Guilbeau, covers LSU for the USA Today Network and says Woodward is a Baton Rouge native…
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Woodward recently hired Jimbo Fisher as the Aggies football coach and just hired Buzz Williams as the new A-and-M basketball coach.

The Louisiana SPCA is advising families don’t purchase a rabbit as a gift for Easter, unless you are really prepared to take care of the animal. The organization receives dozens of bunnies after the Easter holiday from owners with buyer’s remorse. Louisiana SPCA spokesperson Rebecca Melanson says there are great alternatives to giving bunnies and baby chickens as gifts at Easter…
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At the Capitol, a bill has been filed that seeks to guarantee all Louisianans 12 weeks of paid family or medical illness leave. A group called Louisiana Families First is push for support for the proposal. A small payroll tax would help pay for a state run program that would hand out partial checks to workers on leave. Louisiana Families First spokesperson Caitlin Berni says 82 percent of those polled were on board with his concept
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The bill is being sponsored by New Orleans Senator JP Morrell.

Heavy rainfall has been falling on the western side of Louisiana. State Climatologist Barry Keim says one to two inches of rain could fall in a short period of time…
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Most of the northern half of the state is under a flash flood watch and so is southeast Louisiana. There’s also a threat for tornadoes later today.