By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief
Good Monday morning. Let’s dive into this hefty edition of our newsletter.
LSU students walk in and out of the Student Union on March 20, 2023. (Matthew Perschall for Louisiana Illuminator)
By Piper Hutchinson
Six years after a national sexual assault scandal roiled the state’s flagship university, Louisiana lawmakers question if the reporting system implemented in its wake provides enough information.
Photo by Anna Spoerre/The Missouri Independent
By Greg LaRose
Louisiana will spend more than $16 billion on its managed Medicaid contracts in calendar year 2027 after lawmakers renewed state contracts with four private managed care organizations. They are also demanding state health officials ensure the money results in better health outcomes.
No Kings campaign events held Saturday across the country included a gathering in downtown Covington. (Photo by Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator)
By Greg LaRose
The No Kings movement dialed down its usual animus for President Donald Trump at thousands of gatherings across the country Saturday to instead emphasize voter participation for the Nov. 3 congressional midterm elections.
By Piper Hutchinson
Roger Ogden, a New Orleans real estate developer and former LSU board chairman, has provided an undisclosed endowment to the university to launch a research center under its business school. He said a lack of education about capitalism has led young people and the news media to support socialism.
By Tristan Baurick | Verite News
Despite Gov. Jeff Landry’s opposition to such projects, his administration is quietly planning more sediment diversions along the Mississippi River, albeit on a smaller scale and with less fanfare.
NEWS FROM THE STATES
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Attorney general touts success of Trump task force in Memphis | Tennessee Lookout
Advocates work to east election security anxieties as Nov. 3 approaches | States Newsroom
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