House Republicans are now backing Louisiana’s Mike Johnson as the next Speaker of the House. Johnson is the fourth Republican to claim the speaker-designate title, but will he get the 217 votes needed to be elected as the next Speaker? The House is scheduled to hold a vote this morning.

Jeff Landry will hold his first governor-elect press conference this morning and announce members of his transition team.
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University of Louisiana System President Dr. Jim Henderson is set to interview tonight to be the next president at Louisiana Tech. A vote could take place at today’s special meeting of the U-L System board as Henderson is the lone candidate. He says he would be honored to succeed the retiring Les Guice…
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Henderson has been the President of the UL System for nearly seven years.

Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy is co-sponsoring the Stop Campus Hazing Act to address violence on college campuses. The federal law would require colleges to include hazing incidents in their annual crime report.
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The legislation has the support of Max Gruver’s parents. Gruver died in 2017 from a hazing incident at an LSU fraternity that involved excessive amounts of alcohol.