3:30 LRN Newscast Apr 6

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…

Cut 12 (09)   “…allow them.” 

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