Louisiana public school students showed "exceptional growth" in their scores on the state's standardized tests this year, state Education Superintendent Paul Pastorek said Monday. He said the number of...

Louisiana elected officials had until Friday to file financial disclosure forms for the first time since new ethics laws were passed last year, though most legislators filed for extensions. Lawmakers,...

A University student was found dead in his apartment early Wednesday morning after a suspected suicide.Michael Beagle, a 24-year-old theater student and former Daily Reveille employee originally from Mobile,...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a former elected official who pleaded guilty to seeking kickbacks from a Hurricane Katrina contractor in suburban New Orleans. U.S. District Judge...

A $412.6 million bill for restoring power service to 1 million customers of Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana following hurricanes Gustav and Ike last September has been presented to...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Louisiana Republican agreed Tuesday to stop blocking the White House's pick to lead FEMA amid bipartisan criticism that he was leaving the agency vulnerable just a few weeks away...

The No. 2-ranked LSU baseball team has seen its share of struggles in midweek matchups against in-state opponents this season. And when Centenary (31-14) scored three runs in the top of the fifth inning...

A House committee has approved a bill to allow concealed firearms on college campuses in Louisiana. The bill by Rep. Ernest Wooton, a Belle Chasse Republican, would allow holders of concealed firearm permits...

A divisive proposal that would ban mobile dental clinics in schools has won approval from the House Health and Welfare Committee. But the committee added an array of exceptions to the bill by Republican...

Plans to spend $783 million in state surplus cash on road work, hurricane protection, a new deal with the New Orleans Saints and legislative pet projects received quick passage Monday from a House committee. Before...

Bill Worger, hired eight months ago as Graduate dean, found himself ousted by University officials last week with no warning. The University made no formal announcement, including no broadcast e-mail,...

University officials updated the LSU community today about looming budget cuts in a broadcast e-mail that highlighted growing support for funding higher education more fully and Chancellor Michael Martin's...