LSU’s live mascot, Mike the Sixth, has passed away after a four month battle with cancer. Doctor David Baker at the LSU Vet school says Mike had the characteristics you wanted in a school mascot…
cut 11 (05) ‘…interactive”
The 420-pound Tiger had been on LSU’s campus since 2007 and he was 11-years-old at the time of his death.

A new poll finds that 15-percent of Americans say their health insurance has gotten better in the last year, but twice as many say it got worse. Doctor Jay Kaplan of New Orleans is the president of the American College of Emergency Physicians and he says deductibles are rising and this is leading to a higher cost for patients…
cut 14 (10) “….out of pocket”
Kaplan says deductibles have risen over 40-percent in the last several years.

During an appearance on the Jim Engster Show, the executive director of the Louisiana Democratic Party, Stephen Handwerk says he’s disturbed by the recorded lewd comments made 11 years ago by Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump…
cut 7 (11) “…excuse yourself”
But the new state republican party deputy chairman Tim Breaux says he’s known Trump for years and calls him a dedicated husband and father.

The Jefferson Parish School Board plans to vote on a resolution that would ban Parish President Mike Yenni from being on school property. Yenni is the subject of a sexting scandal. School Board member Mark Morgan says the controversy surrounding Yenni can lead to classroom disruptions…
cut 5 (10) “…taking place’
Yenni has refused to resign despite calls that he should step down.