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#lalege: Keeping up with the Louisiana Legislature via Twitter

By Katie Gagliano February 16, 2017

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,...

LSU chemistry Ph.D. candidate and international student Saeed Fosshat discusses his fears about President Trump’s current immigration executive order on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, on campus.

Students feel effects of President Donald Trump’s executive order

By Katie Gagliano February 16, 2017

“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...

Sen. Troy Brown, D-Napoleonville, sits with attorney Jill Craft prior the Louisiana Senate’s Select Committee on Discipline and Expulsion meeting.

Louisiana Senate denies Troy Brown’s evidence requests ahead of meeting on disciplinary action

By William Taylor Potter February 15, 2017

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,...

Sen. Troy Brown

Louisiana Senate votes down postponement motions, committee will hear cases for Troy Brown disciplinary action

The Louisiana Senate voted down a proposal to indefinitely postpone two resolutions relating to disciplinary actions against Sen. Troy Brown, D-Napoleonville, after he pled no contest to two...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and First Lady Donna Edwards leave a joint session of the Legislature Feb. 17, 2017 amid handshakes following his detailing the state’s fiscal problems and his solutions for solvency.

Legislature, governor officially open special session to close $304 million budget gap

By Sam Karlin, Manship News Service February 14, 2017

Louisiana lawmakers Monday night officially launched a special session dedicated to closing a $304 million mid-year budget shortfall with Gov. John Bel Edwards pitching his plan and...

LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center assistant professor of professional practice Lauren Aronson speaks in solidarity with protesters against the current immigration executive order on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in front of the LSU Student Union Theater.

Iranian Student Association holds Free Speech Plaza protest

By Dena Winegeart February 9, 2017

As the University’s Memorial Tower struck noon and rang the alma mater, students gathered in Free Speech Plaza to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting travel between the...

The Louisiana House of Representatives meets in the chamber at the statehouse. 

Louisiana Legislature prefiles nine bills and one resolution for upcoming regular session

By Natalie Anderson February 7, 2017

Both the Louisiana House of Representatives and the state Senate have prefiled nine propositions and one resolution for the regular legislative session on April 10. On Feb. 3, Gov. John Bel Edwards called...

Senator Bill Cassidy speaks out on dyslexia Oct. 13, 2015, during a U.S. Senate committee hearing in the Dalton Woods Auditorium.

Louisiana Senator introduces Obamacare replacement bill

By Taylor Delpidio February 5, 2017

On January 23, Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy introduced his comprehensive plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, called the Patient Freedom Act of 2017. The bill became the first Republican attempt to...

Louisiana issues standing order for opioid overdose-reversal drug

Louisiana issues standing order for opioid overdose-reversal drug

By Natalie Anderson February 3, 2017

Louisiana has issued a standing order for the lifesaving medication naloxone, an opioid overdose-reversal drug, making it available without obtaining a prescription from a doctor. Naloxone is an antidote...

Students discuss effects of fake news

Students discuss effects of fake news

By Trey Couvillion February 2, 2017

While scrolling through Twitter, Facebook or various other social media sites, one might not even notice it — and that’s largely the point.  Recently, the emergence of “fake news”...

Protesters against President Donald Trump's immigration executive order illustrate their opinions by means of signs and rallying around like-minded speakers on Feb. 1, 2017 in the Quad.

LSU students, professors speak out against executive order

By William Taylor Potter February 1, 2017

A diverse crowd packed the University's quad Wednesday as dozens of students and other members of the LSU community participated in a walk out to protest President Donald Trump's recent executive...

118 LSU students come from countries targeted by executive order

By William Taylor Potter January 31, 2017

Around 118 University students could be directly affected by President Donald Trump’s executive order halting citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States, according...