While University administrators bemoan continued funding cuts, some state leaders say the current budget situation presents an opportunity to restructure the higher education system. Several influential...

FOX News will profile Gov. Bobby Jindal as a possible contender for presidential elections in 2012, according to political website RealClearPolitics. Jindal would star in one of 12 profiles of possible...

(AP) — Republican Jay Dardenne says he'll take over the lieutenant governor's office on Nov. 22. He's waiting long enough to avoid holding a special election for the secretary of state's job that...

Student Government President J Hudson and Vice President Dani Borel said Tuesday that Gov. Bobby Jindal's responses to their concerns about higher education were swift but did not answer their questions. Hudson...

(AP) — Louisiana's voter turnout exceeded the most optimistic of expectations from state elections officials. Forty-three percent of those registered headed to the polls, well above the 35 percent...

U.S. Sen. David Vitter won the Louisiana U.S. Senate race, according to unofficial election results from the Secretary of State's office. Vitter defeated Democratic challenger Charlie Melancon.

LONDON (AP) — Oil company BP PLC shied away from spearheading any industry rush back into the Gulf of Mexico as it revealed Tuesday that the cost of its devastating oil spill has jumped to $40 billion...

Today marks a much-anticipated political slugfest as Republicans crusade for political control in Congress in mid-term elections.   The most prominent battle in Louisiana is for a seat on the U.S....

College of Engineering Dean Richard Koubek is concerned about corporations no longer recruiting students because of budget cuts, though engineering students receive higher salaries than average. The average...

Student Government President J Hudson and Vice President Dani Borel spoke to Gov. Bobby Jindal today after weeks of unanswered contact from him. Jindal spoke at Abundant Life Church in Denham Springs about...

Shoes of every color and size stepped into the Student Union Theater Monday night, each pair different but all with the same label stitched on the back — TOMS.   Canvas shoe-clad students flocked...

Ten classical musicians got the chance to play in front of a live audience Tuesday evening for a national taping of one of the most popular classical music programs on the radio in the Shaver Theatre —...