State Treasurer John Kennedy says Louisiana should aim to trim 15,000 state government jobs over the next three years to help cope with budget problems.
Kennedy said the reduction could be accomplished...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama may not opens its doors as wide this year for hurricane evacuees from Louisiana and other states.
Gov. Bob Riley said Tuesday the state will not take as many evacuees...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The sentencing of two American journalists to 12 years in a North Korean labor prison sets the stage for possible negotiations with the reclusive nation for their release...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Chinese authorities have quarantined New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, his wife and a security guard in Shanghai after another traveler on their flight from New Jersey exhibited suspected...
(AP) — Makers of pornographic movies should not be eligible for Louisiana's economic incentive system for the film industry, the Senate voted unanimously on Wednesday.Sen. A.G. Crowe, R-Slidell,...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The man charged in the killing of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller wants a judge to set bail, even though court records show the suspect has little money and checkered employment.
Scott...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The bill making New Hampshire the sixth state to allow gays to marry followed a torturous path this spring — dying and rising to life twice and facing a veto threat —...
FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil (AP) — Military planes located new debris from Air France Flight 447 Wednesday while investigators focused on a nightmarish ordeal in which the jetliner broke up over...
More than 250,000 food stamp recipients in Louisiana got their June benefits up to two weeks early because of what a state agency calls a computer error.
Department of Social Services spokesman Trey Williams...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The only thing keeping Gerard Rigney from getting back into his home is the FEMA trailer in his front yard.
It needs to vanish so his plumber can redo the piping into the house,...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — As the 2009 hurricane season arrives, many homeowners are finding insurance is either more expensive, or harder to get.
Homeowners from New York to Florida and in the Gulf...
The public was taking its turn Friday to ask Louisiana's senators for money in next year's budget.
By mid-morning, nearly all the requests lodged with the Senate Finance Committee were for reversal of...
