A state representative is rolling out the welcome mat for New York City business owners anxious over that city’s election results. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Former LSU football coach Brian Kelly has filed a lawsuit so he can receive every cent of the 54-million-dollar buyout he is owed. Jeff Palermo has more…
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On the heels of announcing the installation of ten-thousand fortified roofs in Louisiana, Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple announces another round of fortified roof grants. Temple says the application period opens tomorrow morning and will be open for one week.
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Temple says the procedure is the same as the previous one – it’s a lottery; and if you had registered for a previous lottery, your registration is still active for this next drawing.
The grant program is limited to those who live in the coastal zone, as well as in Lake Charles, Sulphur and Westlake. Temple says this will by no means be the last grant period for Louisiana’s fortified roof program.
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Representative Julie Emerson is rolling out the welcome mat for New York City businesses looking to relocate from the city in the wake of that city’s mayoral election. The Carencro Republican, who chairs the state House Ways and Means Committee, says even though the effects are not yet known since Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has not yet taken office, businesses anxious over his policies are more than welcome to set up shop in Louisiana.
Emerson put out the invitation on her U.S. Senate campaign Facebook page. She says her post is intended primarily to promote Louisiana as a business-friendly state.
Emerson says many businesses are relocating to Southern states, which she says have tax policies that are more favorable to businesses; and with the tax reform that the legislature passed last year, Louisiana is ready to join that trend.
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Brian Kelly’s legal team has filed a lawsuit against LSU in an effort to get the school to pay the former Tigers football coach the full buyout of 54-million dollars. Wilson Alexander is covering the story for the The Advocate Newspaper and says the suit claims that LSU is telling Kelly he has not been formally terminated, and they will seek to fire him for cause…
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If LSU can prove they fired Kelly for cause, then they would not owe Kelly the full 54-million-dollar buyout.
Alexander says according to Kelly’s contract, they must inform him that he was fired for caused within seven days after his firing
Kelly’s contract says the school can fire him for cause due to various behavioral issues, including NCAA rule violations, crimes or “serious misconduct” that “constitutes moral turpitude.”
Alexander says it’s unknown what reasons LSU has for firing Kelly with cause, but those reasons would have to be spelled out, if this case goes to trial
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The suspensions of seven U-L Lafayette football players for their roles in Saturday’s postgame brawl with Texas State players are not sitting well with Dave Schultz, the host of the Locked On Sun Belt podcast. Schultz notes that it was the Texas State players who started the fight, but the Cajuns got the brunt of the suspensions – including senior safety Tyree Skipper, who was suspended for the rest of the season, in effect ending his collegiate career.
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When the Sun Belt announced the suspensions, which included six Texas State Bobcat players in addition to the seven Cajun players, the conference said it considered the matter closed and would have no further comment. That last line did not sit well with Schultz.
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Schultz says Sun Belt Commissioner Keith Gill gave no explanation in how he decided which players to suspend and for how long, including Skipper’s suspension for the rest of the season, and he says Gill owes the players, the coaches, the schools and the fans more details.