Early voting starts this Saturday and Sean Richardson has more on some of the Constitutional Amendments that will be on the ballot.
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LSU fans can see a former coach of their men’s basketball team lead his new team in the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Early voting in the constitutional amendment election begins Saturday, and there’s a lot to unpack. PAR President Steven Procopio says Amendment 1 grants the Louisiana Supreme Court the authority to discipline out-of-state lawyers and permits the legislature to establish specialty courts.
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Amendment 2 is the rewrite of Article 7 as part of the new tax law. Procopio says Amendment 3 lets the legislature decide which felony crimes juveniles under 17 can be tried for as adults, removing the current constitutional list.
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Procopio says Amendment 4 would change how judicial vacancies are filled, using the earliest election date instead of waiting up to 12 months.
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With LSU’s men’s basketball season coming to a merciful end yesterday, Tigers fans are probably wondering why they can’t get a coach like Will Wade, who’s leading McNeese to the NCAA Tournament for a second year in a row. The fact is, Wade DID coach at LSU from 2017 until 2022, when he was unceremoniously let go. Wade signed a two-year contract with McNeese that expires at the end of this season, and he said it’s a commitment that was important for him to keep.
While Wade may be considering his future at the end of this season, he says his main focus has been to get the Cowboys back to the Big Dance.
Mission accomplished. Wade has led McNeese to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time in program history. He says he has astonished himself with how well things have gone in Lake Charles.
Now, Wade hopes to lead the Cowboys to their first Tournament win in school history.
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The Saints have re-signed defensive end Chase Young to a three-year contract that will pay him 51-million dollars, with an opportunity to earn 57-million dollars. Young was selected second overall in the 2020 NFL Draft and played three seasons for the franchise now known as the Washington Commanders before joining the Saints last year on a one-year deal. Young says the contract means a lot to him.
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Young especially expressed his gratitude to General Manager Mickey Loomis for believing in him.
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Young said when his one-year deal expired at the end of this past season, he knew that his heart was in New Orleans.