State senator and national congressional candidate Dan Claitor, born in 1961, will occasionally tell people he attended LSU in 1965 — and he’s not lying. Claitor’s prolonged and...

Hundreds of influential Louisiana interfaith leaders and activists united Saturday to discuss a number of pressing issues, like income inequality and college affordability, hoping to present a unified...

The Parish of East Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council rejected a proposal in a 7-3 vote Wednesday that would have supported State Rep. Patricia Smith’s legislation to take Louisiana’s unconstitutional...

State Rep. Patricia Smith, who wants to repeal parts of a Louisiana law that prohibits consensual oral and anal sex, said the only opposition she is receiving comes from those who do not support gay rights. In...

When the state legislature meets on March 10, State Representative Jerome “Dee” Richard plans to introduce a bill he hopes will eliminate the power members of the LSU Board of Supervisors have...

While working for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office in 2010, congressional candidate and University Ph.D. student Norman Clark received a call concerning a mentally handicapped 13-year-old girl...

Tea Party support in Louisiana is brewing, according to a recent report from the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights. Data shows the state is home to 5,959 active Tea Party members, making...

Gov. Bobby Jindal and the state Department of Health and Hospitals announced late Monday night that they would be rescinding the state’s new emergency rules for abortion clinics, which were put into...

For congressional candidate Richard Lieberman, the state of higher education in the United States is a personal and pressing issue. Lieberman, who is running to represent Louisiana’s 6th Congressional...

President Barack Obama spoke on the issue of higher education in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, urging Congress to prepare tomorrow’s workforce by guaranteeing every child access to...