NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's 2009 wish list for the incoming Obama administration boils down to this: Don't forget us.Three-plus years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita and with billions of dollars...

A plan to begin redirecting revenue generated by the state sales tax on cars and trucks away from the general fund so they can be used to fix roads and bridges has been shelved for now because of Louisiana's...

DALLAS (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is investigating how personal information from about 16,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Texas ended up online.FEMA spokesman Terry Monrad in...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the longest recession in a quarter century intensifies, analysts believe the small decline in economic activity in the third quarter has worsened significantly in the current...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's non-farm employment rose in November, but the figures didn't reflect recent layoffs in Bastrop and Shreveport, the head of the Louisiana Workforce Commission said Tuesday.Non-farm...

DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (AP) — Work has been completed on a historic landmark in Livingston Parish.The Old City Hall in Denham Springs, which dates back to the 1930s, had fallen into disrepair. It also...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's great migration south and west is slowing, thanks to a housing crisis that is making it hard for many to move.Most southern and western states aren't growing nearly...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Landing such films as Oliver Stone's "W'' and Universal Pictures' "Cirque du Freak," Louisiana set a production record in 2008 with more than 80 major film and television projects.The...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Steve Donahue doesn't mind how cramped his federally supplied trailer is; he got over that long ago.Three-plus years after Hurricane Katrina — and still waiting on rebuilding...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials said Monday that they want answers from Russia on whether it is selling advanced surface-to-air missiles to Iran, a move the U.S. insists could threaten American...

The "rut" is here — that time of year that excites Louisiana's deer population and Louisiana deer hunters, but for completely different reasons.For the whitetail deer, the "rut" is a time when female...

The "rut" is here — that time of year that excites Louisiana's deer population and Louisiana deer hunters, but for completely different reasons.For the whitetail deer, the "rut" is a time when female...