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...
Feb. 13 the Louisiana Legislature officially opened a special session dedicated to closing the state’s $304 million mid-year budget shortfall. Proposals to close the gap are already on the table,...
“That’s our luck,” that we would come to this country and have the situation take a bad turn, Yalda said. Fate is making jokes.
The Iranian Ph.D. candidate isn’t a stranger to difficult...
The Louisiana Senate’s Select Committee on Discipline and Expulsion denied several requests from Baton Rouge attorney Jill Craft, who is representing Sen. Troy Brown, D-Napoleonville, as it deliberates,...
