BATON ROUGE – Some 1,935 potential graduates will be recognized during LSU's 267th commencement exercises on Friday, Dec. 19. This number includes about 1,618 bachelor's degrees, 238 masters and...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Colleges in Louisiana's largest university system have frozen equipment and supply purchases, reduced travel and cut back on overtime to cope with $33 million in expected...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal's hallmark proposal to revamp Louisiana's Medicaid program passed its first legislative test Thursday, with a procedural vote in a joint meeting of the House...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Baton Rouge police officer cited for first-offense DWI in November will retire from the police force this week.Police spokesman Don Kelly said Wednesday that Sgt. Edward...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed an antitrust lawsuit Louisiana's former attorney general filed against some of the nation's largest insurance companies after hurricanes...

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama has won another contest: He's been named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2008. The magazine has named Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, French...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An $849 million Hurricane Katrina recovery program, hobbled by red tape and the national credit crunch, will seek to issue rebuilding money directly to small landlords without...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Somewhat running against national trends, Louisiana's state-licensed casinos saw their winnings from gamblers in November increase from over a year ago.State police say the...

CHICAGO (AP) — Pushing to fill his Cabinet, President-elect Barack Obama announced Wednesday his choices of former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to be agriculture secretary and Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar...