In light of the events that unfolded in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12, the Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College hosted a panel discussion titled “Why Are We Still Fighting the Civil...
Former Sen. John Breaux convened the first meeting of his new class, How Washington Works, on Aug. 21 in the Curet Conference Room of Campbell B. Hodges Hall. The 4000 level political communications elective...
Baton Rouge Police Department Chief Carl Dabadie is retiring, city Mayor-President Sharon Weston-Broome confirmed in a press conference Monday morning.
"Chief Dabadie is an honorable man and I will...
U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was reportedly shot in the hip this morning at a GOP congressional baseball practice, Fox News originally reported.
Scalise, a Republican who represents Louisiana's...
On June 8, the Louisiana State Legislature will adjourn its regular session. Convened on April 10, lawmakers used the session to review 949 bills. However, only a fraction of those bills have made it to...
The Senate Tuesday evening passed a pair of measures that provide dating partners, including those in same sex relationships, the same protection in domestic abuse cases as spouses are afforded.
House...
The Senate Finance Committee, buttressed by challenged warnings that any mandated increase would cost jobs, killed, 7-3, a bill that would have raised the state’s minimum wage from the federal minimum...
Tin Roof Brewing Company’s Bayou Bengal lager became the officially licensed beer of LSU in late Aug. 2016. It may go down as the first and last beer ever licensed by the University.
Rep. Cedric...
A bill requiring TOPS recipients who leave the state within a year of attending or graduation from college to repay half of their TOPS grant was deferred on a 4-2 vote in a Senate Education Committee meeting...
Bridging divides has arguably been at the heart of Baton Rouge policy and outreach for much of the past year.
Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome stressed the necessity of repairing relationships along...
The countdown to the 2017 regular session is in the single digits, with lawmakers set to convene April 10 for a 59-day fiscal session.
The fiscal session will provide legislators the opportunity to overhaul...
With the Louisiana State Legislature’s 2017 Regular Session just over a week away, legislators have pre-filed several bills relating to higher education – as well as several others on topics...
