Roundup: LSU president search / John Spain / Policing billsÂ
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Remaining candidates for LSU president surprising because of who didn’t make the cut
When the LSU Presidential Search Committee announced the three finalists for the university’s top job late Wednesday after two days of online interviews and three hours of closed-door deliberations, the names that didn’t make the list were as surprising as some of the ones that did.
Heading into the interviews, the smart money among political insiders and LSU watchers had been on Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne, who was thought to have the backing of Gov. John Bel Edwards and had been floated as a contender since early 2020.