BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writer College athletes can now be paid for their name, image and likeness. But a bunch of questions remain: Who can pay them? To what extent can universities be involved? And what, if anything, should be done to stop schools from using "NIL" to launch a cash-fueled recruiting arms race? This story looks at how Louisiana lawmakers and universities are answering those questions.
During a fight on a Baton Rouge school bus on Wednesday, a bus driver pepper-sprayed a student. Here's what we know so far; we're trying to get more information about what led to the fight, whether the driver broke the rules and how the school district is responding.
We've written a lot about how fast parts of Ascension Parish are growing, but here's the surest sign of spreading suburbia you can get: South Prairieville is getting a Starbucks. Here's where, and what it shows about development in the area.
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