BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The state's health chief says Louisiana's $7 billion-plus Medicaid health insurance program for the poor will need another $450 million next state budget year just to keep...

Workforce development was a recurring theme during Monday's Faculty Senate meeting.Tim Barfield, executive director of the Louisiana Workforce Commission, gave a slideshow presentation to the Faculty Senate...

Some people vote based on one issue, while others vote based on the full picture of a candidate. But regardless of the candidates' views and plans, professors, research and surveys agree ethnicity influences...

Ryan Keller said he won't be able to drive home to New Orleans to vote today because of his classes."I have to go to all of them," said Keller, business junior. "If I skipped, I'd fall behind because [my...

University student Jimmy Raff said nearly every media file on his computer has been downloaded illegally.Raff, mass communication freshman and LeJeune Hall resident, said he does not think much of illegal...

As students head to the polls to cast presidential election ballots, another election is taking place on the University's campus. Student Government will hold its fall elections today. Voting begins at...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A No. 1 ranking. A grudge match. A title shot. To Alabama coach Nick Saban, those aren't things to celebrate. They're "external factors," potential distractions that can waylay...

Despite reduced alcohol violations from a year ago, University officials worry students continue to drink over the limit. "Each person has his/her own reasons for consuming alcohol," said Wellness Education...

Student Government is considering allocating $53,890 from the SG Surplus Account to purchase furniture for the new SG offices in the Student Union. SG Speaker Ben Clark brought up the bill for immediate...

The last Chancellor's Forum of the semester will be held today and will focus on the relationship between the University and the LSU System.Chancellor Michael Martin, along with administrators from other...

The third Faculty Senate meeting of the semester will take place today at 3 p.m. in the Atchafalaya Room of the Student Union.The first speaker is Tim Barfield, Executive Director of the Louisiana Workforce...

University students can provide feedback and comments relating to the campus-area bus service through an online survey available until Saturday, Nov. 8 at 11 p.m."The Mass Transit Working Group in conjunction...