After a decade as East Baton Rouge Parish’s Mayor-President, Melvin “Kip” Holden said he is “more than prepared” to become Louisiana’s next lieutenant governor —...
Four Louisiana gubernatorial candidates are fighting to gain support before the Oct. 24 election, particularly from students at state-funded universities like LSU and University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Several...
Higher education leaders find themselves limbo this fall as they prepare for a gubernatorial election, a new crop of legislators and an ambiguous budget deficit.
Higher education evaded devastating cuts...
The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions will try to move the Higher Education Act’s reauthorization through Congress this fall. The bill aims to reform financial aid processes...
Student moderators posed questions to three of the four Louisiana gubernatorial candidates Wednesday night, addressing issues related to education, infrastructure and the economy.
Republican Public Service...
NEW ORLEANS, La. — Standing on ground that flooded with 17 feet of water a decade ago, President Barack Obama praised New Orleans residents’ resilience following Hurricane Katrina and addressed...
Richard Mahoney of Baton Rouge held a large wooden crucifix in one hand and a banner that read “One dead, one wounded” in the other Saturday morning. He stood next to a woman clutching rosary...
After experiencing backlash due to posting a legislative report card, Student Government President Andrew Mahtook and his Chief Advisor Zack Faircloth spoke out about how the methodology and math of the...
With the passage of HB1, among multiple other legislative bills, LSU’s higher education leaders are optimistic about the changes the University will see in the upcoming school year.
At the beginning...
This legislative session state lawmakers frantically searched for solutions to a $1.6 billion budget shortfall that threatened an 82 percent cut to Louisiana’s state universities and colleges. Through...
With less than half an hour remaining until deadline, Louisiana legislators passed the $24 billion state budget Thursday after many passionate debates and difficult compromises were made within and between...
In Louisiana, the film industry, oil companies and giant corporations receive billions of dollars in tax breaks and credits, while legislators scramble to cut the cost of the state’s popular merit-based...
