The SEC and Commissioner Greg Sankey have been added as defendants in a Louisiana lawsuit involving more than 30 former college athletes seeking a fifth season of eligibility. Attorneys argue the SEC’s rule preventing former professional athletes from returning to college violates a judge’s previous ruling against the NCAA. Governor Landry told Talk 107-3 in Baton Rouge that he agrees…
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The lawsuit includes LSU football commits Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris and former Tiger Jack Pyburn. All three signed NFL contracts but are considering returning to college to play for LSU.
With thousands of new jobs coming to Vermilion Parish with the arrival of the SpaceX launch facility, the big question is where to put them all. Luke Bullock, the governmental affairs director of Louisiana Realtors, says SpaceX’s arrival should lead to a new construction boom in what is currently a sparsely-populated parish.
At the urging of the legislature, the Board of Regents is cracking down on hazing and bullying. The board approved sweeping enhancements to the Uniform Anti-Hazing Policy to align it with the Caleb Wilson Hazing Prevention Act. Higher Ed Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed says there is now a severe punishment for a fatal hazing incident
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Reed says under the new policy, schools are also required to be more transparent in disclosing a hazing incident.
The federal government has chosen the Houma-Terrebonne Airport to determine how next-generation aircraft can be safely integrated into the National Airspace System. Louisiana Transportation Secretary Glenn Ledet told Talk 107-3 Baton Rouge says this is one of eight sites in the nation where highly automated and electrically powered aircraft will be used extensively…
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Ledet says the airport’s high volume of air traffic provides a real-world setting for evaluating how emerging aircraft can operate safely alongside established helicopters and fixed-wing planes.