WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama on Monday proposed strengthening laws against identity theft by requiring notification when consumer information is hacked, providing more free access to credit scores...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) House Speaker Chuck Kleckley says he will fight proposals floated by Gov. Bobby Jindal to slash $300 million from Louisiana colleges next year.
Kleckley, a Republican typically allied...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three staunchly conservative Southern states were taking their last stands against same-sex marriage Friday before the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to settle the issue once and...
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama says in a videotaped message that he wants to make community college free "for everybody who is willing to work for it."
Obama says in the video posted on Facebook...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Not wasting any time, new Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Barack Obama are setting course for showdowns over health care, a big oil pipeline, immigration policy...
Plans for Gov. Bobby Jindal’s upcoming prayer rally are drawing criticism from the LSU Faculty Senate.
When students and faculty come back from winter break Jindal will host “The Response,”...
WASHINGTON (AP) A gathering of black congressional staffers and other Capitol employees stood silently on the House steps Thursday and raised their hands in the air to protest the killing of unarmed black...
WASHINGTON (AP) Swapping crisis for compromise, the House narrowly approved $1.1 trillion in government-wide spending Thursday night after President Barack Obama and Republicans joined forces to override...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) The state of Louisiana agrees with gay rights activists about one thing: asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take the rare step of hearing an appeal of Louisiana's ban on same-sex marriages...
WASHINGTON (AP) Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana is heading toward her Saturday runoff against Republican congressman Bill Cassidy with almost no financial help from outside allies.
How disparate...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Democrats have filed ethics complaints against Republican Senate candidate Bill Cassidy, alleging he misrepresented his medical work for the LSU hospital system.
Complaints were filed...
Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La. and Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. battled head-to-head last night in the final debate before the U.S. Senate runoff election this Saturday, Dec. 6. WAFB-TV hosted the debate in its...
