 BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writer The new age of college football has dawned chaotically. Court rulings and new laws now allow players to be paid for their name, image and likeness, and that raises all kinds of questions: Who can pay athletes? How much can universities be involved? What kinds of payments are okay? Here's a deep dive into how LSU is answering those questions.
The Louisiana Legislature is in a showdown with a judge over whether it must draw new voting maps for U.S. Congress that include a second majority-Black district. A judge has ordered lawmakers to do so, but so far they have not budged, despite sometimes ferocious internal debates. Now the East Baton Rouge school board is in a similar situation. A judge has ordered the board to draw its own new election maps, and gave them until Wednesday to do it. Here's how the school board's situation is the same — and not the same — as the Legislature's.
The second in command of Louisiana State Police has put in for retirement. He's one of the leaders at the center of investigations over the death of Ronald Greene at the hands of troopers — and accusations of a coverup by LSP leadership. Here's how he fits in, and what his retirement might mean for the multiple investigations into the Greene case. | 
