WASHINGTON (AP) — A budget pact reached on Capitol Hill would give an endorsement to President Barack Obama's agenda by his 100th day in office while putting off a series of difficult decisions on...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sen. Mary Landrieu is touting the allocation of $3.5 million in federal stimulus money for fish and wildlife services in Louisiana. Landrieu, in a Monday news release, says the...

The hearing to decide if Chelsea's will temporally become a restaurant only establishment is set this morning for 8:30 a.m. Downtown at the East Baton Rouge Parish government building. A Web site titled...

Rapper Lil Wayne is suing the producer of a song he performed that allegedly sampled another singer's work without permission.A lawsuit filed last year against Lil Wayne accuses him of copyright infringement,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Tuesday staunchly defended its "passive surveillance" policy on the emerging swine flu threat, saying that its measured, cautious border monitoring makes...

NEW YORK (AP) — A private research group says that consumer confidence soared in April amid hopeful signs that the economy is starting to stabilize. The Conference Board says that its Consumer Confidence...

The Chancellor's biannual late night pancake breakfast will take place from 10 p.m. to midnight tonight at the 459 Commons and Highland Dining Hall. The event is free for all students who show their Tiger...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A proposal to hike taxes on cigarettes is up for debate at the Louisiana Capitol. Rep. Karen Carter Peterson, a New Orleans Democrat, presents her case for adding $1 in taxes...

LSU System President John Lombardi was appointed Monday to the Board of Directors for Nabors Industries, a Bermuda-based oil and gas company. Lombardi will serve in the newly created position as the company's...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Baton Rouge Police say a man was shot and killed after attacking a tenant with a horseshoe. Capt. James Wingate said the man was intoxicated and belligerent. Wingate said...

The red light cameras allowing officials to regulate Louisiana drivers who run a red light could be uninstalled by the end of the year if a piece of proposed legislation is approved. Rep. Cedric Richmond,...

LSU System President John Lombardi was appointed Monday to the Board of Directors for Nabors Industries, a Bermuda-based oil and gas company. Lombardi will serve in newly created position as the company's...