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Sources: LSU scandal chilling search for new university president

While LSU continues to battle the fallout from a recent national report detailing the university’s mishandling of Title IX violations and sexual assault allegations, the LSU Board of Supervisors continues its search for a new president

LSU Title IX scandal fallout reaches F. King Alexander at Oregon State

Fallout from LSU’s Title IX scandal has reached Corvallis, Oregon, where a growing number...

Audit highlights problems with state massage therapy laws, licensing board

Local massage therapists are applauding a recent report by the Louisiana legislative auditor that calls on the state’s massage therapy licensing board to tighten its regulation of the industry.

Amid sexual misconduct scandal, LSU Giving Day raises record-breaking $1.6M

Despite a high-profile sexual assault scandal, LSU raised more than $1.6 million Wednesday during its third annual Giving Day,

Biden order could alter how colleges handle sexual misconduct allegations

President Joe Biden is rethinking Trump administration policies that weakened how colleges and universities...

Will LSU really change following sexual misconduct report?

In the wake of today’s report into LSU’s mishandling of sexual abuse complaints, the university announced several changes, including the establishment of a new Office of Civil Rights and Title IX and the temporary suspensions of two high-ranking athletic department officials, Verge Ausberry and Miriam Segar, who were cited in the Husch Blackwell report for their mishandling of sexual abuse complaints against football stars Drake Davis and Derrius Guice.
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News alert: Sexual misconduct report criticizes LSU’s Title IX office, leadership

A 150-page report on the way LSU has handled complaints of sexual abuse and violence on campus not only sharply criticizes the university’s Title IX office, but, more specifically, blames university leadership for failing to adequately staff and support the office and for ignoring many red flags over the years calling attention to the problem.

John Paul Funes released from prison

John Paul Funes, Our Lady of the Lake Foundation’s former chief fundraiser who had...

Attorney General Jeff Landry signs onto coastal lawsuit settlement

Attorney General Jeff Landry announced this morning he’s backing a $100 million settlement between...

Complaint alleges Metro Council violated open meetings law in Alton Sterling settlement talks

Longtime neighborhood activist Mary Jane Marcantel has filed a complaint with East Baton Rouge...