US Senator John Kennedy will speak with reporters today about US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation. A woman accusses Kavanaugh that he sexually assaulted her at a high school party in the 1980s. Kennedy sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has invited Christine Blasey Ford to give her side of the story. UL Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross…
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Lousiaina ranks second in the nation for the rate of women murdered by men and according to the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence it’s the fifth straight year the rate has increased. Nationally, in 93-percent of all murders of women by men, the victim knew her killer. Kristen Rand is with the Violence Policy Center….
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ULM has broken ground on a new Osteopathic Medicine building. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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After hearing from more than 70 public speakers at last night’s Lafayette City-Parish Council meeting, a resolution seeking to denounce the Lafayette public library’s October 6th drag queen story time event failed to pass. The library is moving forward with the event that will have male UL Lafayette students reading to children in drag.