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LSU students gather in the LSU Union to debate whether the legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 on Monday, April 18.

Should the drinking age be lowered to 18? LSU students debate at BridgeUSA event

By Maddie Scott April 21, 2022

LSU students debated whether the drinking age should be lowered to 18 on Monday in the capital chamber room in the Student Union for BridgeLSU's first in-person event since the COVID-19 pandemic. BridgeLSU...

Sonya Milliman, a health advocate in Baton Rouge who has HIV, said her own virus levels were undetectable within three weeks after she began treatments.

Progress in lowering HIV infections in Louisiana during pandemic lowered, less access to treatments given

By Olivia C. Landry April 19, 2022

For decades, Louisiana was one of the worst states for HIV transmission, and in 2015, healthcare leaders created a plan to try to end the epidemic. As they expanded access to prevention tools, health services...

The Sun shines on the University Lab School on Sunday, April 17, 2022, on Dalrymple Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Placing University Laboratory School on campus impacts enrollment, benefits teaching candidates

By Chandler McIntosh April 19, 2022

Having a K-12 school on LSU’s campus could determine if students will pursue their undergraduate degrees at the university and provides many benefits for teaching candidates.The University Laboratory...

The LSU COMET lab sits Thursday, April 14, 2022, inside the LSU Energy, Coast, and Environment building in Baton Rouge, La.

After New Orleans’ strongest tornado, residents and students recover, research continues

After severe weather threats and tornado damage struck parts of southeast Louisiana in March, Louisiana residents and LSU students are still recovering. Some students who were affected by the storms...

Under Louisiana open meetings law, public bodies are required to give notice of all meetings of a public body at least 24 hours in advance, regardless of whether they are open to the public. 

Faculty Senate Executive Committee violated Louisiana’s open meetings law, again

By Piper Hutchinson April 16, 2022

LSU Faculty Senate leaders again violated Louisiana’s open meetings law when they met on Wednesday without giving proper public notice that they intended to meet. The violation occurred during an...

The surface of University Lake ripples in the wind on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, near West Lakeshore Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Survey: Majority of Louisiana residents say coastal land loss will harm the state

By Piper Hutchinson April 15, 2022

Most Louisiana residents think that coastal land loss will harm the state as a whole, according to the latest installment of the Louisiana Survey from the LSU Reilly Center. The report, which is the second...

The Sun shines on the Quad and Memorial Tower on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, on LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge, La.

SG resolution calling for French professor’s removal amid lawsuit unanimously passes

By Corbin Ross @CorbinRoss5 April 15, 2022

Student Government unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday urging the university to remove French professor Adelaide Russo from teaching classes until the lawsuit against her has been resolved. The resolution...

Sen. Cleo Fields said the dispute over the boundaries of the state’s six congressional districts are likely to be settled in court.

Lawmakers want retired teachers to return to work to ease statewide personnel shortage

By Margaret DeLaney April 14, 2022

The Senate Retirement Committee advanced a bill to make it easier financially for retired teachers to come back to work to help ease statewide shortages.  Sen. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, the sponsor...

Rep. Troy Romero testified Tuesday about his unsuccessful bill to require that a COVID antibody test be considered as a substitute for proof of vaccination.

Two anti-vaccine bills stalled in the Legislature, another killed in committee

Three anti-vaccine bills ran into trouble with lawmakers Tuesday during lengthy debates. Rep. Larry Bagley, a Stonewall Republican, had proposed a bill that would make it a misdemeanor crime for government...

The State Capitol sits beyond a lake on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, at 900 North Third Street in Baton Rouge, La.

State lawmakers grill LSU on library conditions, neglecting North Louisiana and ‘poor communication’

By Piper Hutchinson April 13, 2022

Rep. Tanner Magee is tired of the legislature being blamed for the state of the LSU Library. He’s not the only legislator frustrated with LSU. In the initial weeks of the regular legislative session,...

The Louisiana survey showed the percentage of residents who think the state is headed in the right direction is at the lowest level since 2004.

LSU survey: Most Louisiana residents think state heading in wrong direction

By Piper Hutchinson April 13, 2022

For the first time since 2016, a majority of Louisiana residents believe the state is heading in the wrong direction.   A survey released Tuesday by the Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs,...

Water Brigades at LSU in Embera Puru, Panama

LSU Water Brigades repairs water system for indigenous group in Panama

By Corbin Ross April 12, 2022

The LSU chapter of the Global Water Brigades traveled to Panama from March 13 to March 19 to repair a water system for a rural indigenous community in Embera Puru in the Darjen region. This trip was part...