If several state legislators succeed in their efforts to increase minimum wage in Louisiana, certain University employees could see a pay raise as early as 2015.
Ernie Ballard, University director of media...
Division within Congress over time has made compromise a rare occurrence, said Rodney Alexander, former U.S. representative of Louisiana’s 5th district.
Alexander attended a meeting Thursday for...
The ongoing crisis in Ukraine came to a head when Russian troops rolled into the Crimea region of Ukraine on Saturday. The troops marched on several Ukrainian military bases and demanded that they surrender...
University officials hosted a press conference Thursday to announce the success of the Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination project in the Holiday Forum.
Most sub-districts in the 70805 area code saw...
It has been more than a month since East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden announced in his State of the City address his plans to involve student government presidents...
LGBT activist group Equality Louisiana will advocate for issues such as employment and housing protections for LGBT people, removing unconstitutional language, and protecting LGBT students who are bullied...
Following a meeting Monday between President Barack Obama and a group of governors, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal stood alongside several other state executives outside the White House and unleashed a string...
By the end of a town hall meeting Saturday at Baton Rouge Community College, state Rep. Katrina Jackson vowed not to accept any further funds from payday lending lobbyists. Jackson is the chair of the...
A recent survey conducted by Public Policy Polling shows a majority of Louisianians are in favor of enacting a $10 state minimum wage, legalizing medical marijuana and recognizing domestic partnerships...
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...
