A bill to require parental permission if a student wants to go by another name or pronoun has been filed for the upcoming legislative session. Brooke Thorington has more.
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LSU continues its run through the NCAA Women’s basketball tournament as the Lady Tigers take on Utah today. Teiko Foxx reports a large group of LSU fans are in South Carolina to cheer them on…
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Sleeping Beauty, Cindrella, Shrek and Donald Duck were some of the names submitted to the Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters Office in the effort to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell. Brooke Thorington has more…
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Among the bills filed for the upcoming legislative session is the “Given Name Act,” authored by Bossier City Representative Raymond Crews. Crews says school employees would be required to use a student’s given name and corresponding pronouns unless written parental consent says otherwise.
Crews says he’s received positive feedback from teachers, who in some cases have been asked by a student to use another name and pronoun that the parents are not aware of.
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The Republican lawmaker says parents have to give permission for their minor child to have a gun or a tattoo and he believes the “Given Name Act” falls along the same lines.
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Crews says he’s received positive feedback from teachers and fellow lawmakers. The regular session begins on April 10th.
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The tiger train is moving full steam ahead as alumni gather to show support for Coach Mulkey and the LSU Women’s Basketball team as they prepare to play Utah in Greenville, South Carolina in the Sweet 16 later today. President of the LSU Alumni Association Joe Carvalhido says Mulkey has brought an immeasurable amount of excitement to the university.
The Lady Tigers – who are 30-2 this season – made five trips to the final four in the 2000s but did not receive alumni engagement on this scale. Carvalhido says the alumni mission is about brand and fan engagement, and it’s good to see the program on top.
Mulkey, in her second season leading the Tigers, is a semifinalist for the Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s Coach of the year. Carvalhido says Mulkey is committed to greatness and the alumni are around to support her and the Lady Tigers.
LSU Tigers Women’s Basketball will play Utah Utes today at 4 p.m. on ESPN.
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The Bayou State could be in for some dicey weather today as a frontal system, winding itself up in Texas and Oklahoma, moves east. State Climatologist Barry Keim says while it crosses the state, we’ll need to remain weather-aware today.
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Keim says rain amounts shouldn’t exceed a few inches, but what’s most serious concerning is the severe weather threat the front is bringing. He says northeast Louisiana has a moderate threat of experiencing high winds, hail, and tornados.
And Keim says severe weather today and tomorrow is not just limited to northeast Louisiana. He says areas north of the I-10/I-12 corridor are under the enhanced and slight category for severe weather.
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The Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters says some of the signatures they received from the failed recall effort of New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell were Disney names, but recall organizers say there were thousands of signatures not counted. Danielle Duplessis Hammond with the Registrar’s office read off some of the names
45 thousand signatures were needed to force the recall and only 27 thousand were certified. New Orleans Registrar of Voters Sandra Wilson stands by her counting…
But recall organizers Eileen Carter and Belden Batiste say Wilson’s math doesn’t add up
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But what about the Disney signatures? Carter says Wilson’s office was also not clear on when the signatures needed to be submitted so in the rush to them in, some false names were mixed in with valid signatures
Carter says they are not going away and exploring all legal options.
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The LSU women’s basketball team continues their NCAA Tournament run today against second-seeded Utah. The Lady Tigers are in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2014 in just their second season under Kim Mulkey. Mulkey says that no one could have expected this quick of a turnaround and the team is ready to leave it all out on the court…
LSU reached the Sweet 16 after dominant wins in the first two rounds at home over Hawaii and Michigan. All-American Forward Angel Reese shined in the 66-42 win over the Wolverines with 25 points, 24 rebounds, and 5 blocks. The Maryland transfer has had a double-double in 30 of LSU’s 32 games this season but Mulkey says her team is stacked with talent…
Tip-off in Greenville, South Carolina is at 4:00
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The LSU baseball team starts off the first game of their series against third-ranked Arkansas today at noon. The Tigers 13 game win streak ended in an 8-6 loss in College Station, but LSU will hope to get back to their hot start in what Coach Jay Johnson said would be an important series for their hopes of winning the SEC this year. The game was originally scheduled for 7:00 and moved up to noon because of weather forecasts, and with more coming this weekend, Johnson says they may have to move Sunday’s game too…
The Razorbacks come into Baton Rouge matching the Tigers 19-2 record after sweeping Auburn at home to begin SEC play last weekend. Arkansas is seventh in the SEC in batting average and home runs and ninth with a 4.21 ERA. Johnson said he knew Arkansas would be one of the best programs each year when he came to the SEC…