Former LSU leader F-King Alexander is no longer President at Oregon State after criticism for his role at LSU and how previous sexual misconduct allegations were handled. The OSU board placed Alexander on probation, but the university’s Faculty Senate called for his resignation. OSU Board Chairwoman Rani Borkar…
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Alexander will receive $670-thousand to leave.
There was a nine percent drop in the total number of abortions performed in Louisiana from 2019 to 2020 according to the Louisiana Department of Health. Louisiana Right to Life Executive Director Ben Clapper says this puts the state’s abortion rate at a 12-year low. Clapper hopes next year the number will decline further.
A mass shooting in Colorado that killed ten people has sparked new calls from President Biden for Congress to pass a high-capacity magazine and assault rifle ban. Senator Bill Cassidy says we don’t know enough details about the shooting or shooter to be making these kinds of statements.
The weapon used in the Boulder grocery store shooting has been described as an “AR-15 style pistol”.
A year since the Stay-at-Home order the restaurant industry has seen about a quarter of eateries close. Louisiana Restaurant Association President Stan Harris says the industry is slowly starting to come back but it’s not a complete rebound with capacity limited to 75-percent and social distancing still in effect. But he is encouraged by the vaccine rollout.
Essential workers were eligible to be vaccinated on Monday.