Layoffs, furloughs, tuition increases, larger class sizes and a decrease in state economic development are just a few of the effects large-scale budget cuts would have on each of the four college systems...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Pinnacle Entertainment has received a 150-day delay in timelines to construct and complete new riverboat casino projects in Lake Charles and Baton Rouge. On Tuesday, Pinnacle...

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is conducting research on a possible high-speed rail service connecting Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The DOTD are actively researching costs,...

A casual country lunch to honor LSU President Emeritus William Jenkins and his contributions to two popular University museums will be held May 3 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The lunch will be hosted by...

The LSU Center for Energy Studies is hosting Alternative Energy 2009 conference tomorrow, at the Woods Auditorium. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and sessions run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., followed by...

UNIVERSITY STUDENT ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATEDLSU Police Department officers arrested a University student April 14 at about 2:30 a.m. for driving while intoxicated and improper lane usage.Officers...

Calling the University's current policy on class withdrawals too rigid, a new proposal seeks to revise the policy to allow for more flexibility with W's. Student Government created the proposal and it's...

LSU has just enough bikinis, sex and brains to land the University at No. 8 on Playboy Magazine's Top Party Schools 2009 list, released Friday. The magazine collected information from its staff writers...

LONDON (AP) — Stephen Hawking, the British mathematician and physicist famed for his work on black holes, was rushed to a hospital Monday and was seriously ill, Cambridge University said. Hawking...

DENVER (AP) — With words of hope and healing, Coloradans on Monday marked the 10th anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings that left 12 students and a teacher dead. Flags flew at half-staff...

A proposed Senate bill would put a cap on TOPS scholarships at a level that would cover tuition at every other state public college except LSU and the University of New Orleans. The TOPS base award for...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A gunman forced his way though airport security onto a Canadian jet near Montego Bay, holding six crew members hostage for eight hours before police and soldiers stormed...