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A victory tour for LSU's champs

BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writer​ ​ ​

It's been a non-stop victory tour for the LSU women's basketball team after their national championship win last weekend, but Wednesday might have been the most spectacular. 

A massive crowd cheered for the team during a procession down Victory Hill to the PMAC. Earlier in the day, the team's stars took over a Raising Cane's drive-thru, leading to a line out the door.

And before that, player Alexis Morris, who's bound for the WNBA draft, got to throw out the first pitch at LSU's baseball game, after she befriended Coach Jay Johnson during a chance encounter.


While Louisiana's unemployment rate has steadily shrunk, it's also part of a longstanding national trend: People are leaving the workforce entirely.

Who's most likely to do this? While lots of people quit for lots of reasons, the most common is men under 40 who play hours of video games, according to one economist's research.

Here's what he says is going on. 


When at Glasgow Middle School, walk like the Romans do. And by that I mean walk on a period-accurate Roman road built using Romanesque materials and building techniques.

Here's a look inside a fascinating class project led by a former Louisiana Teacher of the Year. 

Kim Mulkey and LSU players took over a Raising Cane's drive-thru. Here's what happened.

LSU women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey and members of her national championship squad drew a crowd when they took over the drive-thru at a Raising Cane's in Baton Rouge on Wednesday. Read more

How an empty tank of gas led to LSU's Alexis Morris tossing the 1st pitch at a baseball game

Alexis Morris was at the Starbucks on College Drive across from Walmart when she realized her car was out of gas. Read more

 
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Who's leaving the workforce? Unmarried men under 40 who love video games, economist says

The growing number of people who have withdrawn from the U.S. is made up of most unmarried men under the age of 40 who spend about seven hours a day playing video games, an economist said. Read more

Entering Louisiana governor's race, crime is voters' top issue, new poll shows

Crime is the top concern for most Louisianans this election cycle and many are unhappy with the way the criminal justice system has addressed the problem, a new poll of statewide voters shows. Read more

 
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