LSU’s senior associate athletic director Sharon Lewis tells the USA Today she’s filing multiple lawsuits against her current employer over mistreatment for trying to stop sexual harassment. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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In a letter to the Senate Select Committee on Women and Children LSU coach Ed Orgeron says he did speak on the phone with a man in December 2017 who told him a woman that former player Derrius Guice had “disrespected” wanted Guice not to play in the upcoming Citrus Bowl.

The American Rescue Plan does not contain student loan forgiveness, but it does allow temporary relief of taxes on student loans that are forgiven through 2025. Loan Expert with Student Loan Hero, Rebecca Safier says if the proposed student loan forgiveness of $10,000 passes, 35-percent of borrowers in Louisiana would have their debt eliminated. Safier says since the pandemic, student loan forgiveness has gained traction.

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A teacher’s union is filing a lawsuit against the Caddo Parish school board claiming its attendance bonus for educators is discriminatory. Red River United Vice President Jordan Thomas says the bonus is for full-time employees who were present for 90-percent of the current school year but discriminates against teachers that took maternity leave and…

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Several attempts to reach the Caddo Parish School System for comment were unsuccessful.

An employee of the LSU football program tells the USA Today she’s filing several lawsuits against her employer, claiming she’s been mistreated by several LSU athletic department officials. Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins says Sharon Lewis also says she’s been denied pay raises and Executive Deputy Athletic Director Verge Ausberry allegedly said to her, “maybe it’s time to find a new job”…
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Lewis says her mistreatment started when she pointed out alleged sexual harassment by former LSU football coach Les Miles.

A teacher’s union is filing a lawsuit against the Caddo Parish school board claiming its attendance bonus for educators discriminates against teachers who took maternity leave, are disabled or elderly. Red River United Vice President Jordan Thomas says teachers have done everything that has been asked and announcing the bonus criteria now isn’t fair.
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The Louisiana GOP lost several thousand registered voters in the months since the January 6th US Capitol attack, a rare loss of membership for a party that’s seen major growth in the state over the last ten years. Matt Doyle spoke with LSU Poli Sci Professor Robert Hogan…
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Baylor won its first national championship in men’s college basketball last night as they defeated previously undefeated Gonzaga. A Louisiana native was named Final Four Most Oustanding Player, former Riverside Rebel Jared Butler, who had 22 points last night.

LSU’s associate athletic director of football recruiting, Sharon Lewis, tells USA Today she will file several lawsuits against the school, claiming she was mistreated for trying to stop sexual harassment. The Husch Blackwell report resulted in two athletic officials receiving a multi-week suspension. But Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins says Lewis’s detailed allegations in USA Today of how she’s been mistreated over the last several years could lead to further discipline…

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Over two million total doses of COVID vaccine have been administered in Louisiana with over 800,000 people having completed their vaccine series.

With the mass vaccination campaign in full swing State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says they’re launching a COVID vaccine hotline to help residents get connected with local providers.

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Based on research by the LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau 7,800 Louisiana voters have left the Republican Party since the January 6^th attack on the US Capitol. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says it’s an interesting phenomenon, but not one that will likely have any short-term electoral impacts on statewide Republican dominance.

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Hogan also says registered Democrats have dropped 12-percent over the last decade.

While the American Rescue Plan does not contain student loan forgiveness it does allow temporary relief of taxes on student loans that are forgiven through 2025. Student Loan Hero, Loan Expert Rebecca Safier says this also applies to forgiveness on an income-driven repayment plan.

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State Republican Party membership saw an unusually large dip in the months following the January 6^th US Capitol attack. Based on research by the LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau 7,800 unregistered from the party, a party that has seen major growth over the last decade. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says while these voters might be frustrated, unregistering from a party doesn’t change much given Louisiana’s jungle primary system.

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Over that same period Democrats lost 8,000 members, continuing the party’s ongoing downward trend.

While the American Rescue Plan does not contain student loan forgiveness it does allow temporary relief of taxes on student loans that are forgiven through 2025. Student Loan Hero, Loan Expert Rebecca Safier (Sapphire) explains.

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One Louisiana Senator files a bill requiring minors to have parental permission to receive gender transition-based medical or mental health care. Brooke Thorington has more

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LSU’s associate athletic director of football recruiting, Sharon Lewis, tells USA Today she will file several lawsuits against the school, claiming she was mistreated for trying to stop sexual harassment. Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins says the allegations are explosive, including the details of an argument Lewis had with former football coach Les Miles.

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Lewis says the argument was over Miles’s alleged desire to have blond women or light-skinned black women on the recruiting staff that he considered prettier.

The LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau says 7,800 Louisiana voters have left the Republican Party since the January 6^th attack on the US Capitol. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says this tracks with nationwide stats show roughly 100,000 Republicans have unregistered.

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More than 800,000 Louisianans have completed their vaccine series. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says this equates to just over 18 percent of the state’s population and those folks have a near-perfect but not guaranteed level of protection. That’s why we need herd immunity.

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Herd immunity is thought to be 70 percent.

Willis-Knighton is one of 120 sites nationwide that will participate in a clinical trial for Regeneron’s COVID treatment.  Children’s Health Services Director Dr. Joseph Bocchini says even with estimates that with the current vaccination rate we could hit herd immunity by late summer, he says there will still be a need for COVID treatments.

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126 “breakthrough” cases of fully vaccinated people getting COVID in Louisiana have been recorded.

A New Orleans area youth basketball coach is heard on tape demanding money from LSU, on behalf of his friend Gloria Scott, who accused former LSU star Derius Guice of sexual harassment when she worked as a security guard at the Superdome in 2017. Advocate reporter Andrea Gallo has covered this story extensively and she says payment requests are not unusual in sexual misconduct cases…
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Scott admits she asked for Cleavon Williams’ help but never asked him to seek compensation from LSU.

Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport is one of 120 sites nationwide that will participate in a clinical trial for Regeneron’s COVID treatment. Dr. Joseph Bocchini says they want to enroll enough people to study the effects on pregnant women and children, but with COVID numbers declining it will be a challenge.

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Houma Senator Michael Fesi files legislation requiring parental consent for a minor seeking gender therapy which includes psychotherapy along with surgical and nonsurgical procedures for gender identity. President of Louisiana Trans Advocates Dylan Waguespack says this sets a dangerous precedent, especially for transgender and gender non-conforming minors without affirming parents.

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Fesi says several constituents have come to him concerned about their children having the ability to change their gender without parental consent.

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Waguespack is asking Senator Fesi to withdraw the bill and meet with the young people he is targeting.

LSU releases telephone recordings that reveal a man claiming to represent Gloria Scott sought financial compensation if LSU didn’t punish Derrius Guice for allegedly sexually harassing Scott in 2017. Here’s a conversation between Cleavon Williams and LSU athletic administrator Miriam Segar…
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Williams later texted LSU officials saying the Scott family was seeking 100-thousand dollars from the university for Guice to not play in the 2018 Citrus Bowl. Scott has told local media outlets she never asked Williams to seek money from LSU over the Guice incident.

LSU football coach Ed Orgeron has been asked to appear before the Senate Select Committee on Women and Children on Thursday to discuss the Guice allegations. Orgeron will reportedly only submit a written statement, but the committee is pressuring for him to be at the meeting.

Willis-Knighton Health System in Shreveport is seeking COVID-positive participants for a clinical trial testing the effectiveness of Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody treatment…
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The state health department reports about 18-percent of the state’s population is fully vaccinated from the coronavirus. In an effort to reach herd immunity, State Health Officer Doctor Joe Kanter says they will launch a COVID vaccine hotline to help residents get connected with local providers…
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LSU releases recordings that reveal a family consultant asked for $100,000 on behalf of an alleged sexual harassment victim of former running back Derrius Guice. Brooke Thorington has more
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Over two million total doses of the COVID vaccine have been administered in Louisiana with over 800,000 people fully vaccinated. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says we’re close to the point where anyone who wants a vaccine can make an appointment to get one for the next day.
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The Daily Advertiser reports COVID-19 vaccinations in rural Louisiana lag by 31-percent when compared to the state’s urban areas.

The legislative session begins next week and a bill by Houma Senator Mike Fesi requires parental consent for a minor to receive gender-based medical or mental health care. Louisiana Trans Advocates President Dylan Waguespack is concerned the legislation will drive up the suicide rate of transgender or gender-nonconforming youths…
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