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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President Trump is floating an idea of using tariff income to give Americans two-thousand-dollar rebate checks. It’s a decision that Trump cannot make unilaterally – it’s Congress which controls the purse strings, and House Speaker Mike Johnson says there may be other options

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Attorneys for former LSU football coach Brian Kelly have filed a lawsuit in an effort to get LSU to pay his 54-million dollar buyout. The suit alleges LSU is trying to get out of paying the 54-million dollars, because the school plans to make the case that they dismissed Kelly for cause and LSU would not owe the buyout. The Advocate’s Wilson Alexander says it’s unknown what reasons LSU has for firing Kelly with cause, but those reasons would have to be spelled out..

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And the Host of the Locked on Sun Belt podcast, Dave Schultz, believes the Sun Belt Conference needs to provide more information on why seven players from the Ragin Cajuns were suspended for a post-game brawl with Texas State when it was Texas State who started the fight. Schultz says Commissioner Keith Gill should say something

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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 his full 54-million-dollar buyout. 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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Seven U-L Lafayette football players are suspended, including senior safety Tyree Skipper for the rest of the season, for their roles in a postgame fight against players from Texas State. When the Sun Belt announced the suspensions, the conference said it considered the matter closed and would have no further comment. That last line did not sit well with Dave Schultz from the Locked On Sun Belt podcast.

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Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple announces another grant round for the Louisiana fortified roof program. It’s 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 the fortified roof program.

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Temple made the announcement during a celebration of the installation of ten-thousand fortified roofs in the state.

State Representative Julie Emerson is inviting business owners in New York City who are anxious following the results of that city’s mayoral election to set up shop in Louisiana. 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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Another application period of the Louisiana fortified roof grant program opens tomorrow and will be open for one week. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple made the announcement yesterday as he announced the installation of ten-thousand fortified roofs in Louisiana. 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.

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The grant program is limited to those who live in the coastal zone, as well as in Lake Charles, Sulphur and Westlake.

Representative Julie Emerson is inviting businesses to Louisiana looking to relocate from New York City in the wake of that city’s mayoral election. The Carencro Republican says her post is intended primarily to promote Louisiana as a business-friendly state.

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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 is 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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Schultz says Sun Belt Commissioner Keith Gill owes the players, the coaches, the schools and the fans more details.

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.

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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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This round of grants is once again limited to those who live in the coastal zone, as well as in Lake Charles, Sulphur and Westlake.

Two Louisiana football programs are being punished for their involvement in fights in their respective games. Andre Champagne has more.

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A middle school student in Lafourche Parish is facing charges for allegedly sharing explicit photos of female classmates created with artificial intelligence. The investigation was opened back in August after some boys shared some of those images, which led to an altercation on a school bus. Additional arrests are possible.

The LSU-Brian Kelly saga has worked its way to the courtroom. The Tigers’ former head football coach has filed a lawsuit against his former employer, demanding his full 54-million-dollar buyout after the school fired him October 26th. Kelly claims in his lawsuit filed in East Baton Rouge Parish that LSU is trying to claim that it fired him for cause and is trying to get out of paying him anything.

LSU is not the only Louisiana school dealing with college football drama. Seven U-L Lafayette players are suspended following a postgame altercation with Texas State. Senior Tyree Skipper is suspended for the rest of the season, while the others are suspended for one game each. Head Coach Mike Desormeaux says the fight put a damper on the mood in the locker room after the win.

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Also, 18 Grambling players are suspended for their role in a fight against Bethune-Cookman.

At least there’s no drama in Louisiana high school football going into the playoffs, which start this week. North DeSoto is the top seed in the division two non-select bracket. Spencer Verett with the LHSAA Network says the Griffins have a really good team, but there’s also Iowa, Franklin Parish and Lakeshore; and defending champ Cecilia is a 13-seed.

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LSU’s School of Information Studies is marking this Veterans Day with a 91-thousand-dollar grant aimed at preserving the records of Vietnam-era military veterans. Dr. Edward Benoit, the interim director of S-I-S, says the two-year planning project will create a program for librarians, archivists and Veteran Service Organizations to help those veterans document and preserve those records.

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On this Veteran’s Day, LSU’s School of Information Studies is using a 91-thousand-dollar grant to preserve records of Vietnam-era military veterans. Dr. Edward Benoit, the interim director of S-I-S, says the Virtual Footlocker Project 2, will create digital copies of the records

which will benefit the veterans and their families.

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President Trump is floating an idea of using tariff income to give Americans two-thousand-dollar rebate checks. It’s a decision that Trump cannot make unilaterally – it’s Congress which controls the purse strings, and House Speaker Mike Johnson says there may be other options for using that tariff income.

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Football players from two Louisiana universities are facing suspensions after fights at weekend games. The SWAC suspended 18 Grambling State players with 9 Bethune-Cookman players and fined Grambling 40 thousand dollars. Bethune-Cookman is fined 20 thousand. Grambling Head coach Mickey Joseph

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The Sunbelt suspended seven UL Lafayette players and six Texas State players.

The Louisiana High School football playoffs start Friday. In the non-select brackets. In Division One, Ruston and Neville are the top two seeds. Spencer Verrett with the LHSAA Network says these district rivals played each other in October, and it was one of the best games of the year.

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The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is notifying passengers who were on a flight with a person with a confirmed case of measles.  LDH says a public exposure occurred at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport: Concourse B beyond the security checkpoint on Sunday, November 9 between 5 and 8:30 pm. One confirmed case in an adult living in Region 9 (Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes). The person was not hospitalized but remains in isolation until no longer contagious. Measles is highly contagious and can remain in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves. This is the third case of measles reported in Louisiana this year.

Two Louisiana football are in trouble for fighting at football games. The Sun Belt Conference has suspended seven UL-Lafayette and six Texas State football players after a postgame altercation Head coach Michael Desormeaux (DEZ-er-moe) defended his players.

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The SWAC is suspending 18 Grambling State and Bethune-Cookman players for a brawl after halftime on Saturday.

The LSU School of Information Studies is marking this Veterans Day with a huge grant to preserve Vietnam-era military records. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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The Louisiana High School football playoffs start Friday. Jena is the number one seed in Division Three non-select. Sterlington is the defending champ and the two seed. LHSAA Network’s Spencer Verrett says the bracket is loaded with several great teams.

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A middle school student has been arrested in Lafourche Parish. The male Sixth Ward Middle School student is accused of sharing AI created fake nude photos of female students. Back in August, some boys allegedly shared the photos on the school bus and that led to an altercation with one of the female victims. Sheriff Craig Webber updated media after that incident was publicized at a meeting of the Lafourche Parish School Board last week. The boy was arrested in September and charged with ten counts of unlawful dissemination of images created by artificial intelligence. The investigation is ongoing, and more arrests are possible.

President Trump is looking at using tariff income to give Americans two-thousand-dollar rebate checks. On KEEL radio in Shreveport this week, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he’s not convinced that spending tariff income to give Americans rebate checks is the best use of that money.

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Two Louisiana football programs are being punished for their involvement in fights in their respective games. Andre Champagne has more.

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It’s Veterans Day and LSU’s School of Information Studies is marking it with a 91-thousand-dollar grant aimed at preserving the records of Vietnam-era military veterans. The average age of Vietnam Veterans is 75 and Interim Director of S-I-S, Dr. Edward Benoit, says many lack complete documentation of their experience due to lost or destroyed records.

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