7:30 LRN Newscast March 5

Husch Blackwell will release its report today on how LSU has handled cases of sexual assault and violence involving students, including football players. USA Today Network reporter Glen Guilbeau says many of the people involved in the alleged mishandlings still work at LSU…
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LSU has released information from a 2013 investigation into former football coach Les Miles who was accused of sexual advances on female student workers. The coach was ordered to stop texting and being alone with them.

Early voting begins tomorrow for Louisiana’s two special congressional elections. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says there’s a chance Doctor Julia Letlow could win the fifth district without a runoff…
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The primary is March 20th.

DOTD says they’ve received 37 letters of interest from firms who are interested in a public-private partnership to build a new I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is in support of a 100-million dollar settlement between a dozen coastal parishes and Freeport McMoRan. The parishes claim the mining corporation damaged Louisiana’s coastal wetlands. The Oil and gas industry says they are disappointed Landry sided with plaintiffs’ attorneys in support of job-killing lawsuits.