Border jails in Louisiana and other Southern states default as immigration boom goes bust

Jails built to profit from an illegal immigration boom are weighing down the finances...

Jindal privatizes family leave programs for 9 state agencies

Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration is privatizing management of some state worker benefits, hiring a...

Publisher: Has America gone crazy over political correctness?

In his latest column, Business Report Publisher Rolfe McCollister says he was appalled by...

American Printing leaving Drusilla Shopping Center after 33 years

American Printing Center will be leaving the space it has occupied in the Drusilla...

Prescription drug abuse, heroin deaths on the rise in Baton Rouge

Prescription drug abuse is an increasingly serious problem across the U.S., and Baton Rouge...

All four Louisiana governor’s candidates to appear at forum in Baton Rouge on Saturday

All four major candidates running for governor will appear in Baton Rouge on Saturday...

Number of Louisiana high school students taking Advanced Placement classes increases, as do scores

Louisiana education officials say the number of high school students in the state taking...

Georges says ‘my polls show that I’d definitely make the runoff’ in Louisiana governor’s race

The Advocate owner John Georges tells Gannett Louisiana in an exclusive interview today that...