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Potential victory for LGBT community

Potential victory for LGBT community

By Michael Tarver April 10, 2014

After the death of the LGBT fair housing bill in the state legislature, the LGBT community finally secured a victory when the House Criminal Justice Committee Meeting passed the “crimes against nature”...

This photo taken Nov. 21, 2013 shows then-newly-elected Rep. Vance McAllister, R-La. waiting to be sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington. McAllister says he's asking his family and constituents for forgiveness after a West Monroe newspaper published a video that it says shows the congressman kissing a female staffer in his congressional office in Monroe, La. McAllister, only in office a little over four months, attracted national attention because of his endorsement from the bearded men of the "Duck Dynasty" reality TV show. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP chair pushes McAllister resignation

By MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated Press April 9, 2014

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The chairman of Louisiana’s Republican Party is asking U.S. Rep. Vance McAllister to resign after the GOP congressman was captured on tape kissing another man’s...

Craig McCulloch is a candidate for Congress in Louisiana's 6th District.

Baton Rouge small business owner runs in 6th District Race

By Quint Forgey April 7, 2014

When he wasn’t in season as Nicholls State University’s starting quarterback, Craig McCulloch would wake up every morning at 4:35 a.m. to go work in the oil fields of Louisiana’s bayous,...

FILE - In this Dec. 27, 2013, file photo, different strains of pot are displayed for sale at Medicine Man marijuana dispensary in Denver. Nationwide marijuana legalization seems inevitable to three-fourths of Americans, according to a new poll out Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The Pew Research Center survey on the nation's shifting attitudes about drug policy also showed increased support for moving away from mandatory sentences for non-violent drug offenders.(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Marijuana legislation deferred

By Quint Forgey April 6, 2014

Legislation that would relax the state’s strict penalties for marijuana possession went up in smoke Thursday after the Louisiana Sheriff’s Association came out against the bill. HB 14, authored...

Univeristy announces commencement speakers

By Deanna Narveson April 3, 2014

The University recently selected United States Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus to deliver the keynote address during the commencement exercises at 7 p.m. in the PMAC on May 15. Washington, D.C. attorney...

Louisiana Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne speaks to a small crowd of students about voter apathy amongst millennials Wednesday, April 2, 2014 in the Red River Room of the Student Union.

Dardenne adresses voter apathy

By Quint Forgey April 2, 2014

In an awkward display of noticeable irony, Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne stopped by campus last night to address a crowd of seven students on the subject of voter apathy among Millennials. The event was hosted...

Baton Rouge councilman Ryan Heck asks a question Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 at a Metro City Council meeting in downtown Baton Rouge.

BR, NOLA city councils paint a tale of two cities on gay rights

By Quint Forgey April 2, 2014

For Louisiana’s LGBT community, it is the best of times and it is the worst of times, as the state’s two major metropolitan areas present a tale of two divided cities on the issue of upcoming...

WISE Fund bill moves on to House of Representatives

By Deanna Narveson March 31, 2014

The plan that would create the Workforce and Innovation for a Stronger Economy, or WISE fund, passed through the Louisiana House Appropriations Committee on Monday and is now headed to the House for consideration. House...

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TOPS reforms fail, are deferred

By Quint Forgey March 30, 2014

TOPS reforms fail, are deferred Efforts to amend the state’s TOPS program remain on the bottom of the Louisiana legislature’s to-do list, as HB 385 by Rep. Joe Harrison was killed in the House...

Former LSU football player runs in 6th district race

Former LSU football player runs in 6th district race

By Quint Forgey March 27, 2014

In 1997, Charles “Trey” Thomas was starting out as a freshman at LSU, where he was awarded an academic scholarship and recruited for his skills on the football field. For the next four years,...

Higher ed bills remain stagnant

By Deanna Narveson March 26, 2014

The Louisiana Legislature has yet to pass any bills regarding higher education in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and several bills regarding TOPS have been deferred, said Uma Subramanian,...

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks during the opening of the state legislature at the state capitol in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, March 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Hilary Scheinuk)

Jindal knocks Obama’s higher ed policies

By Quint Forgey March 24, 2014

Gov. Bobby Jindal criticized President Barack Obama’s higher education initiatives Monday in an op-ed in the Washington Examiner. Jindal took particular issue with the Education Department’s...