(AP) — Hospital leaders are telling lawmakers that proposed cuts to Louisiana's Medicaid program could cost 3,700 people their jobs at hospitals around the state. The state Department of Health and...

The Senate's commerce committee killed a bill seeking to charge Louisiana Internet users an extra 10 cents per month during their session today.House Bill 569 — authored by Rep. Bodi White, R- Central...

(AP) — The Senate has revived a contentious plan to postpone a scheduled tax break, and use the money to ease higher education budget cuts. Senators overwhelmingly approved an amended bill that would...

(AP) — Ideas about how to restructure, divvy up and use the state's "rainy day" fund are plentiful at the Louisiana Capitol, as the fund has become one of the central arguments in the state budgeting...

A Catholic-run hospital would become Louisiana State University's Baton Rouge teaching hospital and get $125 million in improvements under a proposal that would ultimately close the LSU public hospital. Officials...

The state Senate Education Committee favorably passed a piece of legislation Thursday that aims to form a commission to examine Louisiana higher education. With 14 universities throughout the state battling...

(AP) — Four former Louisiana governors held a private meeting Thursday with Gov. Bobby Jindal, urging him to find a way to lessen planned budget cuts for the state's public colleges in a rare display...

Health care and higher education are both looking at steep budget reductions next fiscal year. And just as Chancellor Michael Martin and LSU System President John Lombardi have spoken up about the effects...

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic Thursday — the first global flu epidemic in 41 years — as infections in the United States, Europe, Australia,...

The Louisiana House voted 69-25 today in favor of agreeing with changes the state Senate made to the operating budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year. That means HB 1 - the state's $28.7 billion budget - now...

MAN CAUGHT TRESPASSING BEFORE BASEBALL GAMELSU Police Department arrested a man unaffiliated with the University on June 5 at 4:30 p.m. for trespassing near Alex Box Stadium after being previously banned...

Leah Duvic heard about Twitter more than a year ago. But it took her a while to catch onto the recent craze.Duvic, photography senior, said she first created her account last year but didn't start using...