
LSU men's basketball off to a fast start utilizing the transfer portal due to increased NIL budget
LSU men's basketball team suffered through a losing season this year, but Coach Matt McMahon is trying to bring a winner to the Boot and has a much bigger NIL budget to bring in better players. "There's been a great investment in Men's Basketball, and I think we're really well-positioned, not only from a retention...
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Louisiana DOTD to begin repairs on roadway along 9-mile stretch of I-20 in Lincoln Parish
Construction is underway in Lincoln Parish on a 9-mile stretch of I-20. Erin Buchanan with DOTD says crews will be replacing the asphalt. "We'll be providing some repairs to the base of the roadway at certain locations, as well as removing all of the old asphalt and replacing, of course, with new," Buchanan s...
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Louisiana voters voted "NO" on Amendment 2 funding permanent Teacher pay hike
Louisiana voters rejected a constitutional amendment that would have funded permanent teacher pay raises, leaving the future of educator salaries uncertain. Amendment 2 aimed to convert last year's temporary $2,000 stipends for teachers and $1,000 for support staff into recurring salary increases. Without its passage, ...
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Failure of Louisiana Amendment 2 to heavily affect upcoming fiscal session
The overwhelming failure of Amendment 2 on Saturday will be a game-changer for the upcoming fiscal session. Jeremy Alford, the editor at LaPolitics.com, says had it passed, it would have been a relatively quiet session. Now, not so much. "We're going to hear debates again over the income tax, which lowering that w...
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LPSO agents take down "hybrid" street gang
The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office has taken down a street gang -- but this one is a little out of the ordinary. Deputies arrested seven members of the Motion Gang on various charges, including attempted first-degree murder, drug possession and weapons charges. Sheriff Jason Ard says this gang is known as a "h...
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