LSU students marched Monday calling out administrators for not holding Chair of the Department of French Studies accountable for ignoring Title IX complaints. LSU Student and Outreach Chair for Feminist in Action Paola Colmenares says they are demanding the school hold rapists accountable….
Cut 10 (11) “…been fired.”
Six plaintiffs have filed a Title IX lawsuit claiming LSU administrators allowed a former grad student to prey on other students, despite his 2018 arrest in Rapides Parish on third-degree rape.

Police patrols have increased on Grambling State’s campus after two separate fatal shootings during Homecoming week. Student government association president Cameron Jackson met with university president Rick Gallot and plans to meet with him again…
cut 15 (11) “….at the university”
The search for the gunmen in the two shootings continues.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is voicing opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot. Amendment One would create a single, centralized sales tax commission; replacing the multiple tax collection authorities in parts of the state. La-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says this is an un-ignorable political dispute…:
Cut 4 (12) “…on the fall ballot.”
Cantrell calls Amendment one a “political solution to a technical problem,” while supporters say the amendment will streamline the state’s sales tax collection which will make the state more competitive and increase job growth.

It’s National Teen Driver Safety Week as state police and others try to get the message through about the causes of crashes that left 95 teens dead last year in the state and more than 82-hundred others injured. Trooper Thomas Gossen.
Cut 7 (12) “…behind the wheel.”

About 100 LSU students marched from the Parade Ground to Hodges Hall, the home of the French Department, to protest the school’s handling of the rape and sexual harassment cases involving a former French grad student who has returned to France. Secretary of Feminist in Action, Kayla Meyers, says the school is not doing enough to investigate allegations of sexual assault and harassment, even though it has beefed up its Title IX office…
cut 12 (09) “….survivors”
The French Studies program chairman has reportedly been removed from his position.

The head of the Student Government Association at Grambling State is speaking out about the two on-campus deadly shootings that have occurred in the past week. SGA President Cameron Jackson says he met with University President Rick Gallot and others about establishing possible checkpoints.
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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is a vocal opponent of an amendment on the November 13th ballot that some say will be transformative for the state. Kevin Gallagher has more…:
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Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon will unveil a Hurricane Ida mediation program to resolve claim disputes during a 10:30 press conference today.

Two seasons ago, LSU’s Ed Orgeron was on top of the college football world and now he has just five games left, and maybe a bowl game, before he’s no longer the coach at LSU. The school and Coach O have decided to part ways after the 2021 season. The Tigers have won nine games and lost eight since winning the national title. Orgeron was asked why the program has fallen to mediocrity…
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Orgeron is receiving a huge buyout to no longer coach at LSU, nearly 17-million dollars.

There’s been another fatal shooting on Grambling State’s campus. The latest one happened Sunday morning. State Police say one person was killed and seven wounded. There was another fatal shooting on campus last Wednesday and authorities have yet to make an arrest in either case. Classes are canceled for today and tomorrow on Grambling’s campus.

Republican U.S. Senator John Kennedy reports he has raised 15-million dollars for his 2022 re-election campaign. More from Kevin Gallagher…:
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Starting today, hunting and fishing licenses are now stored digitally on the LA Wallet app. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Undersecretary Bryan McClinton …
cut 12 (12) “…show up”

Less than two years after a 15-0 season and a national championship, Ed Orgeron is out as head football coach of the LSU Tigers. Orgeron will continue to lead the program for the rest of the 2021 season, while the search for a new head coach is underway. After that glorious 2019 season. Orgeron’s Tigers have gone 9-and-8…
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Orgeron will get nearly 17-million dollars as part of the termination agreement.

There’s good news for sportsmen. Starting today you can bring up your hunting and fishing license on the L-A Wallet app. L-D-W-F’s Bryan McClinton explains how to do it…
cut 11 (13) “….pull it up”

Drug overdose deaths in Louisiana are way up since the Covid-19 pandemic started. Dave Brannen has the details…
Cut 1 (31) “…I’m Dave Brannen”

Classes at Grambling State are canceled today and tomorrow as a result of another fatal shooting on campus. Officials say one person was killed and seven others injured early Sunday morning in the second deadly shooting on Grambling’s campus within a four-day period. The person who was fatally shot Sunday was not a student and authorities have yet to make an arrest in either shooting.

LSU and Football Coach Ed Orgeron have agreed to part ways and this will be Orgeron’s final season as head coach of the Tigers. Since the national championship season, the Tigers have nine wins and eight losses. LSU athletics director Scott Woodward says it was time for a new direction…
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Orgeron says he has no regrets and will receive 17-million dollars as part of his buyout.

The CDC says there were a record 21-hundred overdose deaths in Louisiana from March 2020 to March of this year, a 56-percent increase from the previous 12-month period. Clinical Director of the Louisiana Addiction Center at LSU-Shreveport, Doctor James Patterson says you can certainly blame the pandemic and the lack of interaction with other human beings…
cut 5 (08) “….on our society”

Louisiana Senator John Kennedy says he’s raised 15-million dollars for his 2022 re-election campaign and has nearly 10-million dollars on hand. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Kennedy is so popular with his constituents he could raise another 10-million dollars or more…
cut 8 (13) “…conservative idol up there”
So far only one announced challenger, Democrat Luke Mixon of Baton Rouge.

The L-A Wallet app is being put to use in another convenient way. Bryan McClinton with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says that beginning today hunting and fishing licenses will also be displayed on the app.
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LA Wallet is also used to show driver’s licenses and Covid-19 vaccination confirmations.