The Public Affairs Research Council has come out against a bill that would keep private the income college athletes receive in revenue sharing agreements with public universities because they say the revenue-sharing agreements use public money, and citizens have a right to see how public money is spent. Lafayette Representative Tehmi Chassion authored the bill that says it would protect student athletes from becoming a target. The bill passed House Education with no one voting against it, but Houma Representative Beryl Amedee expressed concern.

Cut 5 (10) “…losing necessary transparency.”

Three reporters, including Tiger Rag Executive Editor Todd Horne, recently filed a lawsuit against LSU arguing the revenue sharing agreements should be made public. Louisiana Radio Network and Tiger Rag are owned by the same company, Kingfish Communications.

LSU Health New Orleans releases its plan to end cervical cancer within the next ten years. Andrew Greenstein reports.

Cut 2 (35) “…I’m Andrew Greenstein.”

Easter is typically the biggest weekend of the year for crawfish, says Crawfish App co-founder, Lanie King. She says, expect to pay about $3.50 a pound for live crawfish and just over six dollars a pound for boiled crawfish.

Cut 8 (08) “…than previous years.”

King says the lowest prices of the year will be around Mother’s Day weekend.