After the stripper age requirement law was blocked by a federal judge, the author of the measure says he plans to bring it back in the upcoming regular session. Halen Doughty has more…:
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Both eastbound lanes of I-10 will be closed starting at 9 tonight for work on an overpass near Airline Highway south of Sorrento…:
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That’s DOTD spokesman Rodney Mallet who says the designated detour takes motorists on U.S. 61 to LA 641 back onto I-10 east.

An equal pay summit is being held today in Baton Rouge with the Governor and the First Lady. The co-chair is Aprill Springfield and she says an equal pay bill died in last year’s legislative session, and they’re hoping with this call to action that pay equity can finally be achieved in Louisiana…:
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Springfield says the three panel summit will cover the facts about pay equity, business solutions and practices, and a call to action.

It’s no surprise after a dismal season, but sources say that LSU men’s basketball coach Johnny Jones will be fired by Athletic Director Joe Alleva today. The fifth-year coach, who was a member of LSU’s Final Four team in 1981, is the fourth-winningest coach in school history. But this past season was the kicker as the Tigers ended 10-21 overall. Alleva will now look to hire his third men’s hoops coach since coming to LSU in 2008.