WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama is officially the next president of the United States, Congress declared Thursday in fulfilling its centuries-old constitutional duty to certify and tally the electoral...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal announced a new dropout prevention pilot program that will begin in the spring, aiming to get skills training to teenagers to keep them in school. Jindal...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama is urging Congress to postpone the Feb. 17 switch from analog to digital television broadcasting. In a letter to key lawmakers, transition team co-chair...

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama urged dubious lawmakers Thursday to work with him "day and night, on weekends if necessary" to approve the largest taxpayer-funded stimulus ever,...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The state inspector general says Louisiana needs to revamp its procedures for the reporting of alleged patient abuse cases in the wake of employee arrests at a Pineville center...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama said Wednesday that reforming massive government entitlement programs — such as Social Security and Medicare — would be "a central part"...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is being asked to rule Louisiana in compliance with older smog standards, five metro areas don't meet the most recent, tighter...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z isn't performing at President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, but he is planning to make a big splash on the eve of the event. The rapper, one of Obama's biggest celebrity...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama hailed a rare Oval Office gathering of all U.S. presidents as extraordinary on Wednesday, while President George W. Bush wished him well and pledged...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU has proposed more than $10.3 million in budget cuts at its main campus in Baton Rouge. LSU Chancellor Michael Martin said on Tuesday that the moves should avoid layoffs...

HOUMA, La. (AP) — Authorities planned to search a southern Louisiana marsh by boat Monday for clues that might determine the cause of a helicopter crash that killed eight people bound for an offshore...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama has arrived on Capitol Hill for talks with key congressional leaders, kicking his transition into high gear. Obama's motorcade arrived at the U.S. Capitol...