An override veto session is possible after the Republican-controlled legislature approves three bills that target the LGBTQ-plus community. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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House Majority Leader and Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise had LSU’s Brian Kelly, Alabama’s Nick Saban and SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey in his office yesterday as college football is looking to Congress to approve legislation to regulate NIL deals that compensate college athletes. There are a couple of bills being discussed, one of them would prohibit boosters from providing inducements to play for a particular school.
LSU and Kentucky meet for the second time this season, but this time the winner of the series advances to the College World Series. The Tigers took two of three from the Wildcats in April. Coach Jay Johnson says he got an updated scouting report on the Cats by dissecting their games last weekend in the Lexington Regional…
This is only the second time Kentucky has been to a Super Regional series. It will be LSU’s 16th super regional.
El Nino arrived earlier than scheduled and NOAA is predicting strong weather and record hot temperatures worldwide over the next few months. State Climatologist Barry Keim says this is good news for Louisiana’s 2023 hurricane season.
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An El Nino suppresses hurricane activity. But Keim says this year an El Nino is interacting with warm sea surface temperatures which helps fuel tropical activity.