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‘Us and LSU’
Murrill says she’s lost trust with N.O. officials
Kiffin speaks on difficult decisions, joining historic Tigers at SEC Media Days LSU football coach Lane Kiffin finally had his moment at the podium on the final day of SEC Media Days in Tampa, Florida, and he faced more questions
Morrell: ‘Pursuing vendettas is beneath all of our offices’
Thursday related to his controversial departure from Ole Miss in November. While not shying away from the questions, Kiffin addressed the topic in his own distinct way.
BY JOHN SIMERMAN, JAMES FINN and MATT BRUCE
“I can’t be so concerned about little things and what
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people say,” he said as he wrapped up his explanation. “You’ve got to make decisions.” As for whether Kiffin can avoid controversy through the 2026 season, he may have taken a significant step in that direction by deleting all social media apps from his phone this summer. ä Coach uses spotlight to explain why LSU is a good fit PAGE 1C
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The north video board at Tiger Stadium welcomes new LSU head football coach Lane Kiffin in December. Kiffin spoke about the upcoming season and his decision to take the job as head coach at SEC Media Days in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday.
If New Orleans looks upon her as a felon, Attorney General Liz Murrill chalks it up to bad influences in the city. “They literally think that I’m a criminal because everybody told them I was,” Murrill said in a lengthy interview Thursday, a day after special prosecutor Laurie Murrill White dismissed the 16-count indictment that lit a political firestorm in Louisiana. The Republican attorney general heaped much of the blame on District Attorney Jason Williams and Mayor Helena Moreno, saying she has reason to suspect Williams held influence over the grand jury despite his recusal a month before the indictment on charges of public intimidation and malfeasance in office. Murrill concedes the fingerprints remain blurry on the blockbuster indictment, but she argues that Williams, at minimum, led the grand jury off the rails and said she won’t soon forget it. “They incited this and they fed it. They promoted a false interpretation of law,” Murrill said. “And whether they directly put a grand juror up to it or not, other individual agencies will have to determine. But you can’t say they had no hand in it. Whether they directly incited the grand jury, I can’t say.” The indictment accused Murrill of
ä See MURRILL, page 4A
Internal battle erupts over EBR’s Livingston library effort to join suit against St. George board recommends Mayor-president property tax increase speaks out against Millage rate could be raised to 8.2 mills
ton Parish Council will be asked to raise the tax that funds the libraries. The Library Board of Control, which oversees the parish’s five BY GIGI LIMAN libraries, voted Tuesday to recomStaff writer mend that the council raise the After years of political turmoil, property tax that funds the library turnover among both directors system. If approved, the board’s recomand board members, long debates about what is appropriate mendation would raise the rate for young readers and talks about ä See TAX, page 5A reducing services, the Livings-
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parish attorney’s move
BY CLAIRE GRUNEWALD Staff writer
East Baton Rouge city-parish government is seeking to join in on a lawsuit that asks a judge to answer a long-debated question with a huge financial impact: What is the incorporation date for the city of St. George? East Baton Rouge Parish Attorney John McLindon filed a peti-
tion Thursday to intervene in a lawsuit filed by a developer, LRK LLC — a move that Mayor-President Sid Edwards quickly spoke out against. LRK sued St. George government in June over the city’s proposal to rezone a 60-acre parcel, which is part of the Kleinpeter family’s land. As part of that challenge, the company’s lawyers argue no legal date was ever set for St. George’s incorporation, which means it was never incorporated. The city-parish effort to intervene in the case only involves the incorporation aspect, not the rezoning issue.
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“The city-parish has a direct and justiciable interest in the incorporation date of St. George, including but not limited to tax, zoning and property implications for the cityparish,” the petition states. But Edwards released a statement Thursday evening stating he did not approve the parish attorney filing the petition. “I strongly disagree with the decision to insert our government into this dispute,” Edwards stated. “It is important for the public to understand that the Parish Attorney is not under the authority
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