NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two forest fires burning in south Louisiana since the weekend are evidence that portions of the state are experiencing a moderate drought. That's according to Mark Svoboda (Sah-Bo-Duh),...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has set an Oct. 15 date to hear evidence in a Louisiana congressman's challenge of federal campaign finance restrictions. Republican U.S. Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao...

Prospective bus companies received an invitation to bid on the University's new bus system Friday. Gary Graham, Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation director, said bidding will end March...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's legislative auditor says the Louisiana Recovery Authority may have violated the public bid law when it took control of a program to build alternative housing units...

Lacing up their tennis shoes and stretching their muscles in anticipation, thousands of mothers, daughters, friends and family members approached the starting line, preparing to "Race for the Cure."In...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Time to set the clock forward by an hour. Also, you can heat up the grill and break out the badminton set: Daylight-saving time is returning to shift an hour of light to the evenings. That...

Lee Domingue and Dan Claitor will face off in an April 4 election, according to closing polls at the Louisiana Secretary of State's Web site. Claitor took the lead with more than 6,500 votes over...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Chris Paul had 21 points, 13 assists and six steals, and the New Orleans Hornets won their seventh straight game, beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-90 on Saturday night. Julian...

Higher education officials told state college leaders to prepare for more than 15 percent in cuts from their state funding next fiscal year, The Advocate reported Saturday.  Discussed during...

Chancellor Michael Martin told University faculty, staff and students in a broadcast e-mail Friday the LSU foundation endowment has lost value. Martin said the endowment has lost value because of the turbulence...

HAMMOND, La. (AP) — Police say a drunk driver, who apparently ran off the road and into a group of pedestrians near Southeastern Louisiana University, killed three people and injured two others. University...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal plans to spend nearly $30 million on emergency generators for nursing homes and hospitals. Jindal said the generators are necessary to prepare...