2:30 PM Newscast

LSU football coach Brian Kelly spoke today about the life of Kyren Lacy, who died in an apparent suicide on Saturday night in Houston. Lacy was one of Kelly’s first signees out of the transfer portal after he arrived in Baton Rouge in November of 2021 and he chooses not to dwell on the tragic ending to Lacy’s life, instead remember his happy times…

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Funeral services for Lacy are still pending.

The Louisiana Illuminator is reporting that sixteen international students attending Louisiana universities have had their visa’s revoked by the Trump administration. The schools include Southern University, Southern New Orleans, UL Lafayette, UNO, and Tulane. A Southern spokesperson told the Illuminator that no reason for the revocation was given. A Tulane spokesperson said two students had their visas revoked based on prior criminal arrests.

The legislature is taking aim at distracted driving this session. Andrew Greenstein has more

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Governor Landry is working to address the state’s sky-high auto insurance rates but he has yet to meet with Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple with regards to this legislative session and while Temple agrees with the Governor that excessive claims and litigation drive up insurance costs, he disagrees with Landry’s focus on curbing legal advertising by injury attorneys arguing that advertising costs only account for a small fraction of rate calculations.

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