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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
State Rep. Jerome Richard, an independent from Louisiana’s 55th District, is proposing a roster of bills for the current legislative session that could drastically influence higher education in Louisiana,...
The second week of the 2014 Louisiana Legislature was an eventful one, with a bill sailing through the House Health and Welfare Committee on Wednesday that would place strict requirements on abortion providers...
Senior members of the University’s Student Government, along with leaders from other Southeastern Conference higher education institutions, touched down in Washington, D.C., on Sunday to kick off...
