11:30 AM LRN Newscast

Even though it’s football, it seems head coach Lane Kiffin is doing a full court press to get former Arizona State quarterback Sam Leavitt to come to Baton Rouge.  Leavitt left his LSU visit earlier in the week without committing before a visit to Tennessee.  He was set to visit Miami this weekend, but Kiffin reportedly flew to Knoxville last night to convince the QB that LSU is where he should be.  The transfer portal has been open more than a week now and LSU has yet to sign a quarterback.

Louisiana is the first state in the country to sign Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment grant agreements with internet service providers. The goal is to help Louisiana achieve statewide high-speed internet by  the year 2028. Connect L-A Executive Director Veneeth Iyengar …

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Emotions run high as the legislative task force on hazing prevention wraps up its final meeting. Here’s Andrew Greenstein.

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Federal immigration officers are reportedly pulling out of the crackdown that began in New Orleans in December and heading to Minneapolis.  That’s according to The Associated Press.  According to the report, The Trump administration has been surging thousands of federal officers to Minnesota under a sweeping new crackdown tied in part to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents there.