Students at LSU are calling on leaders to end the rape culture and hold administrators and those who commit sexual assault responsible. Brooke Thorington has more.
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COVID hospitalizations continue to decline as there are 421 people who are hospitalized in the state as a result of the virus. It hasn’t been that low since July 11th. The state reported 29 more deaths yesterday increasing the death toll to 14,350.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is opposed to Constitutional Amendment One on the November 13th ballot. The measure would create a centralized sales tax commission to collect sales and use taxes. The amendment is supported by Republicans in the state legislature and La-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says Cantrell is at political odds with the legislative leadership at the state capitol….
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Alford says Cantrell is up for re-election in November. She’s expected to win another term and her opposition could cause problems in Amendment one passing.

It’s National Teen Driver Safety Week. State Police Trooper Thomas Gossen says the Sudden Impact program attempts to reduce the number of crashes involving young drivers…
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State Police say in 2020 there were 95 teens killed in crashes and 188 teen crashes involved alcohol.