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The top of the State Capitol peaks through the trees on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in Baton Rouge, La.

Alabama executed a man with an unprecedented method. Louisiana might be next.

By Courtney Bell February 21, 2024

The state of Alabama executed a convicted murderer in January with a method that's never been used before, and Governor Jeff Landry plans to implement this method in Louisiana.Alabama executed Kenneth...

Memorial Tower sits in the distance, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, on LSU's campus in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU student arrested in connection to child sex abuse material

By Cross Harris and Claire Sullivan February 21, 2024

An LSU student was arrested Tuesday in connection to a child sex abuse material investigation, according to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office.Jahi Palmer-Davis, a sociology junior, according...

LSU student body President Anna Cate Strong and senator Calvin Feldt take questions on the concentrated study period Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, during a Faculty Senate meeting in the Coast and Envrionment Building on LSU's campus.

‘Dead week’ extension rejected by LSU’s Faculty Senate

By Connor Reinwald February 21, 2024

The Faculty Senate Tuesday rejected a proposal from Student Government to extend the concentrated study period before finals, commonly referred to as “dead week,” by two days, for a total of...

Branches frame the Louisiana State Capitol on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, in Baton Rouge, La.

Louisiana residents may soon be able to conceal carry handguns without permits or training

By Elizabeth White February 21, 2024

BATON ROUGE – Louisiana lawmakers voted to join 27 other states that allow citizens to carry a concealed handgun without permits or training as a deterrent to crime. The vote came in committee on...

Protestors fill the ground floor of the state Capitol during hearings on stricter crime laws on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. 

Nitrogen gas, electrocution advance as potential execution methods in Louisiana

By Madison Maronge February 21, 2024

BATON ROUGE— Protesters swarmed House hearing rooms Tuesday as a top law enforcement committee passed legislation that would expand capital punishment to include death by nitrogen gas and electrocution....

Coates Hall sits in the Quad Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, on LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge, La.

Students work for reform with Tiger Prison Project: ‘You can really make a difference’

By Courtney Bell February 20, 2024

Tiger Prison Project, an LSU student organization, works to educate the student body about the prison system and prison reform and to mobilize them to advocate for those affected by the prison system.“Tiger...

Exhibits line a table in Free Speech Alley Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, on LSU's campus in Baton Rouge, La.

Traveling Black Inventions Museum honors Black inventors and scientists

By Gracelyn Farrar February 20, 2024

The African American Cultural Center welcomed the Traveling Black Inventions Museum to LSU’s campus on Monday, Feb. 19 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. as part of its Black History Month program.Models of...

Gov.-elect Jeff Landry speaks Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, on the Capitol steps during his inauguration ceremony the day prior to officially becoming governor in Baton Rouge, La.

Jeff Landry aims to reverse reforms in special session on crime

By Claire Sullivan & Elizabeth White February 19, 2024

BATON ROUGE—Newly-elected Republican Gov. Jeff Landry called on lawmakers Monday to erase many of the criminal justice reforms signed by his Democratic predecessor in 2017, urging them to limit parole...

Clean up operations take up the common area on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, in Patrick F. Taylor Hall in Baton Rouge, La.

The mystery of the Patrick F. Taylor Hall flood and its road to recovery

By Connor Reinwald February 16, 2024

After suffering flooding that closed the north side of the building for weeks, Patrick F. Taylor Hall, despite its ongoing repairs, has been quickly pieced back together, and a sense of normalcy has returned...

Participants stand together Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, at Let's Link's "Love or Linked Up" event in Coates Hall on LSU's campus in Baton Rouge, La.

Learning whose love is for real at Love or Linked Up

By Connor Reinwald February 16, 2024

Student organization Let’s Link hosted “Love or Linked Up” Thursday in Coates Hall, a game where couples were asked questions about one another, and the audience had to deduce which couple...

Patrick F. Taylor Hall sits on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, on South Quad Dr. in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU faculty receive patent for oil spill tech

By Sarah Walton February 14, 2024

LSU’s chemical engineering faculty received a patent for a new oil spill management technology on Jan. 31.Chemical engineering professor Bhuvnesh Bharti, his graduate student Jin Gyun Lee and many...

Johnston Hall sits Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, on Field House Drive on LSU's campus in Baton Rouge, La.

‘Seen, heard and safe’: New LSU program aims to support student survivors of interpersonal violence

By Courtney Bell February 13, 2024

The LSU Office of Civil Rights & Title IX, Student Government and the Psychological Services Center are partnering to offer students who have experienced interpersonal violence a free and confidential...