Proposed legislation from state Rep. Patrick Connick, R-Marrero, aims to close a long-standing loophole in Louisiana’s domestic violence statutes.
The legislation, House Bill 27, would alter the...
Business leaders, legislators and equal pay supporters from around the state will descend on Baton Rouge on Friday for the Louisiana Women’s Policy and Research Commission’s 2017 Equal Pay...
President Donald Trump signed a revised edition of his controversial immigration executive order Monday, temporarily restricting travel from six designated countries – Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,...
The sustainability efforts on campus continue to garner attention. The University has been nominated for the U.S. Department of Education’s Green Ribbon Schools program by the Louisiana Department...
After numerous revisions, political pressure and arm twisting, the 2017 Special Session of the Louisiana Legislature agreed to a formula Wednesday to counter a $304.2 million revenue shortfall.It was a...
Less than day after the Louisiana Legislature closed the $304 million mid-year budget deficit, the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget Thursday heard Gov. John Bel Edwards’ plan to address...
With hours to spare, the Louisiana Legislature Wednesday reached a compromise to close a $304 million mid-year deficit -- the 15th such deficit in the last nine years.
The deficit was shored up through...
Louisiana lawmakers finished their work filling a $304 million mid-year budget gap Wednesday, with the Legislature coming to a compromise following a week of public debates and private negotiations between...
BATON ROUGE -- The Louisiana Senate Thursday night approved 24-0 a resolution inviting newly appointed U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to visit Louisiana public schools.
Some Senators were...
The Council of Student Body Presidents issued a letter to the Louisiana Legislature and Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday expressing concern and urging lawmakers to spare further budget cuts to higher...
BATON ROUGE – A bill containing Gov. John Bel Edward’s budgetary proposals failed, 7-15, to make it out of the House Appropriations Committee Thursday, leaving only two rival bills, both Republican...
Sen. Troy Brown, D-Napoleonville, resigned Thursday afternoon — a day after the Louisiana Senate’s Select Committee on Discipline and Expulsion denied several of his evidence requests...
