Zatarains, a Gretna based New Orleans-style food company, has created a petition to send to the United States Congress asking that Mardi Gras be made into a national holiday.The company is trying to put...

Meaghan Clark didn't know what she wanted for dinner one night last week, but when she got on Facebook, she found her answer — sushi."I saw an ad from Hello Sushi and went and got some sushi," said...

TOKYO (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton chose Asia for her first trip abroad as secretary of state hoping to engage the continent on a wide range of global issues but North Korea is threatening to steal...

Student Government established a three-question online survey on the LSYU Web site concerning the affordability of textbooks today.The survey includes questions about how many hours students are taking,...

Student Government President Colorado Robertson sent a broadcast e-mail today to University students concerning the progress of the 2009 Class Gift Project.The message officially named the project the...

University students are sending out an S.O.S. — for higher education. The Save Our Schools blog, recently developed by students in professor Bob Mann's political communication class, is designed...

University-sponsored music downloading program Ruckus is no longer providing its services.Upon visiting the Ruckus Web site, users are greeted with the message, "Unfortunately, the Ruckus service will...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans won't part ways with controversial mayor Ray Nagin until more than a year from now, but already talk has turned to the post-Nagin era.Political analysts expect next...

Of the $787 billion on its way to aid local levels of government, North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue is expecting $6,089,387 to come to N.C. Initial budgeting includes an estimated $2 billion to be spent on...

(AP) — Louisiana stands to receive an estimated $3.8 billion for education, health care and other services from the $787 billion economic stimulus bill that passed Congress Friday.Among the largest...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — It's a near annual problem for the governor and lawmakers: scramble to find millions of dollars to pay the state's contract obligation to the New Orleans Saints. State officials...

The weekend may have been spent in tense competition, but the attendees of the LSU Mardi Gras Classic speech and debate tournament let loose Saturday evening.Members of the LSU Speech and Debate Team paraded...