Football coach Ed Orgeron, Athletic Director Scott Woodward, and other LSU officials will not appear at tomorrow’s Senate Select Committee on Women and Children to discuss the mishandling of previous sexual misconduct cases. Senator Regina Barrow says Woodward told her he could not testify because an LSU employee filed a lawsuit against the school…
Barrow says that LSU’s associate athletic director of football recruiting; Sharon Lewis, who has filed the lawsuit will appear tomorrow.
Speaker Pro-Tem Tanner Magee says the legislative response to the LSU scandal will be in the form of mandatory reporting bills, for example, if you fail to report a sexual assault you can be terminated.
Magee also stated many lawmakers want to give the university level funding over the school’s lack of transparency.
Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin has announced the formation of the Louisiana Commission on Election Integrity and Voting. Ardoin says the bipartisan panel will discuss ways to make sure voters have confidence in Louisiana elections and how to combat voter fatigue…
Ardoin says the commission will begin meeting after the 2021 legislative session and then issue a final report before February 1st.
Baton Rouge Area Foundation VP John Spain says funding for a passenger rail line between Baton Rouge and New Orleans could arrive as early as winter if Congress passes the President’s infrastructure bill. Spain says travel from the Capital to the Crescent City would take about 45 minutes to an hour and they’d likely start with eight to ten round trips per day and increase over the first few years.