LSU has barred all employees from testifying under oath at today’s Legislative hearing into the school’s mishandling of sexual misconduct cases. This comes after both coach Ed Orgeron and AD Scott Woodward decided not to attend. Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says this setback will not stop lawmakers from pressing on…
Cut 4 (10)“…again.”
The Senate Select Committee on Women and Children will still meet today at 10 AM, even though LSU officials will not be there to testify.

There is a bill in the legislative session that begins on Monday that seeks to raise the state’s gasoline tax in order to pay for road construction projects. LSU Public Policy Research Lab Director Mike Henderson says their survey found that 57-percent of Louisiana adults support raising the gasoline tax if it is used to fund transportation infrastructure…
cut 7 (06) “…the pump”

Voters in 55 of 64 parishes approved Sports Betting last fall and for it to become a reality both a regulatory and tax bill must be approved in the legislative session this year. Crowley Representative John Stefanski says his bill proposes tax revenue from sports betting be undedicated…
Cut 10 (11) “…as good.”

The longtime voice of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs is reducing his workload. 78-year-old Dave Nitz will no longer call Tech football and basketball games, but he’ll keep calling Bulldog baseball games. Nitz is in his 47th season calling La Tech games and the West Virginia native never thought he’d become a Louisiana institution…
cut 14 (13) “…somewhere like that