| BY CHAD CALDER | Staff writer |
Good morning and thanks for joining us. Here are some of today's top headlines. UNO back to LSU? As the University of New Orleans struggles with a multimillion-dollar deficit, some state lawmakers are considering moving it back into the LSU system, where it was just over a decade ago, to help it get its financial house in order. Marie Fazio has this report. Death penalty backlash: About 100 New Orleans business owners signed an open letter to Gov. Jeff Landry saying that executing Jessie Hoffman Jr. using nitrogen gas would harm the state's image and be bad for business. Andrea Gallo and John Simerman have the story. Parade postponed: New Orleans annual St. Patrick's Day Parade is being postponed due to forecast bad weather. Kasey Bubnash has the story. Thanks for reading. Check back throughout the day for more news, entertainment and sports from The Times-Picayune. | 