WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved President Barack Obama's economic stimulus measure Tuesday, part of a series of government steps that could marshal close to $3 trillion to revive the collapsing...

Former LSU tight end coach and recruiting coordinator Josh Henson joined the University of Missouri football coaching staff as its as co-offensive line coach, Missouri coach Gary Pinkel announced Tuesday."I...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The National Highway Traffic and Safety Commission says Louisiana drivers are less likely to buckle up than drivers in any other state that has primary seat-belt enforcement...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's congressional delegation is asking President Obama to extend by at least two years the federal office of Gulf Coast Rebuilding. The office, which President Bush established...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Enrollment at Louisiana's community and technical colleges is up this year. It's a nearly 13 percent increase, from 51,798 students in spring 2008 to 58,426 students this...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP)   The National Highway Traffic and Safety Commission says Louisiana drivers are less likely to buckle up than drivers in any other state that has primary seat-belt enforcement...

Several students in the School of Architecture are designing plans to help with renovations for five businesses in Old South Baton Rouge.The Center for Planning Excellence is offering $5,000 grants to...

The budget cuts the LSU System is facing next year may not be as doom-and-gloom as first projected. Gov. Bobby Jindal told The News-Star in Monroe on Sunday that cuts in higher education will likely not...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A veteran curator has been picked to serve as director of Louisiana's network of state-run museums. Sam Rykels' appointment as director of the Louisiana State Museum was announced...

Louisiana is expected to be more than $27 million short of what it owes the New Orleans Saints and Hornets next year, to meet the state's contractual obligations to the pro sports teams. The money is supposed...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan has passed the Senate and is on its way to difficult House-Senate negotiations. Just three Republicans helped pass the plan on a...