Tigers football coach Ed Orgeron and athletic director Scott Woodward will not appear before a legislative committee looking into LSU’s sexual misconduct scandal. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Attorneys for LSU employee Sharon Lewis previewed their 50 million dollar lawsuit suit alleged retaliation against their client for reporting sexual misconduct. Matt Doyle has more.
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Football coach Ed Orgeron, Athletic Director Scott Woodward, and other LSU officials will not appear at tomorrow’s Senate Select Committee on Women and Children to discuss the mishandling of previous sexual misconduct cases. Senator Regina Barrow says Woodward told her he could not testify because an LSU employee filed a lawsuit against the school…
LSU’s associate athletic director of football recruiting, Sharon Lewis, has filed a 50-million dollar lawsuit against the school claiming she faced retaliation for trying to report cases of sexual misconduct by former football coach Les Miles.
Woodward and Orgeron have supplied written statements to the legislative committee, but Barrow believes they should still appear before lawmakers….
Barrow says Orgeron’s decision not to appear before the committee is troubling. She says they want to find out more about when the school learned about the accusations made by Gloria Scott that she was sexually harassed by former star running back Derius Guice in 2017…
Barrow made the comments as a guest on Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster.
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Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin has announced the formation of the Louisiana Commission on Election Integrity and Voting. Ardoin says the bipartisan panel will discuss ways to make sure voters have confidence in Louisiana elections and how to combat voter fatigue…
Ardoin says the commission will look at all aspects of voting and the goal is to enhance the confidence in Louisiana’s election process
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Ardoin says the commission will begin meeting after the 2021 legislative session and then issue a final report before February 1st. He says the panel is made up of a diverse group of experts…
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LSU Athletics Administrator Sharon Lewis files a lawsuit alleging she suffered harassment and career repercussions as a result of investigating reports of sexual misconduct by coach Les Miles.
Lewis attorney Bridgette Brown alleged there was a broad conspiracy to cover up Miles’ harassment and her client was humiliated and ostracized by colleagues for challenging that conspiracy.
A number of LSU officials including board members, administrators, and school leaders were named in the 50 million dollar RICO civil suit. The suit also names law firm Taylor Porter, alleging the firm helped hide documents related to Miles’ alleged harassment required for Title Nine compliance.
Attorney Tammye Brown was asked why Lewis didn’t go public with the misconduct claims against Miles. Brown said Lewis was ordered to report all allegations to Miriam Segar and say nothing else.
Lewis is the Associate Athletics Director for Football Recruiting and has worked at LSU for 20 years. Attorney Bridgette Brown says Lewis has suffered continued harassment since 2013. She was asked why Lewis waited so long to file the suit…
An LSU spokesperson says the school has no comment on the lawsuit at this time. Taylor Porter has been contacted for a statement as well. Miles denies allegations that he engaged in sexual misconduct during his time at LSU.
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The 2021 Louisiana Survey finds 54-percent of adult residents feel the state sales tax is too high and the majority want neither spending cuts nor tax increases. Policy Lab Research Director Mike Henderson says not only is it a majority that feels the sales tax is too high but a majority among the two major parties.
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The current state sales tax is 4.45%
When residents are asked if they pay their fair share of state taxes 52-percent say yes and 41-percent say they are paying too much. Henderson says they also asked if they feel others are paying their fair share of taxes and most believe other income levels are.
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Henderson says a majority of those surveyed say they do not want to see spending cuts in six areas, elementary and secondary education; higher education; health care; roads and bridges; prisons; and public assistance programs.
781 adult residents were surveyed in the state from January 4th to March 1st.