Governor John Bel Edwards says he supports the idea of splitting the top job at LSU, creating the position of chancellor and system president, which would run the entire LSU system. Council for a Better Louisiana President Barry Erwin says a chancellor would be tasked with running the Baton Rouge campus and allow for the hiring of two leaders with different skillsets…
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LSU currently has an interim president after F-King Alexander left for a job in Oregon.

Former New York City Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has announced his Louisiana campaign team and it features several former staffers of Governor Edwards. State director Richard Carbo says the campaign has already opened its first office in New Orleans and additional offices will be opened across the state…
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The Louisiana Presidential primary is April 4th.

An 18-year-old Sulphur woman has been charged with multiple counts of first-degree rape and authorities say the victims were five and three-years-old. Calcasieu Parish investigators say Lakien Perry shared her sexual encounters with the children on her Instagram account. Judge Robert Wyatt has set Perry’s bond at two-point-eight million dollars.

Rookie sensation Zion Williamson will play his first minutes for the Pelicans tonight after a pre-season injury forced him to miss the first half of the season…
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