Louisiana legislative leaders direct tens of millions in state dollars to their own parishes 

The city of Central got $3 million in the Louisiana state budget this year for batting cages, a locker room and a high school weight room.  

Air Products moving forward with carbon capture test wells 

Chemical giant Air Products is moving a large drilling rig and platform into Lake Maurepas over the next few days for a groundbreaking yet controversial carbon capture project.

State must work to close funding gap between Southern, LSU, Gov. Edwards says 

Gov. John Bel Edwards says more work is needed to close the gap in funding between the state’s two land-grant universities. 

Residents ask state to halt next phase of Air Products’ carbon capture project 

Southeast Louisiana residents say Lake Maurepas is one of the last remaining unspoiled waterways in the state, and they’re begging state officials to stop Air Products from building a series of wells and pipelines for its carbon capture project. 

Louisiana’s feral hog ‘pigdemic’ shows no sign of going away 

There are more feral hogs in Louisiana than there are people in Baton Rouge,...

What’s the status of LSU’s strategic plan? 

Almost two years after he came to LSU as the newly created vice president for strategy, Mark Bieger has left the university, leaving LSU’s strategic plan unfinished.  

State lawmakers question funding, oversight for elder abuse investigations

Louisiana legislators questioned Tuesday whether the state needs to devote more money to fight elder abuse after an investigation showed the Governor’s Office of Elderly Affairs has not adequately responded to reports of mistreatment and neglect.  

Despite extreme weather, little is being done to strengthen the US power grid 

From winter storms to sweltering summer heat, there’s a consensus among experts that increasing...

Louisiana’s first Earth-to-space call will come from Lake Charles students 

No one from Louisiana has ever made a call to space. That will change Tuesday when earthbound students ring up NASA astronauts orbiting above.

Offshore wind energy leasing opens in Gulf of Mexico

Federal regulators announced Thursday the first ever Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease sale, opening sites off the coast of Lake Charles and Galveston, Texas, that could potentially power nearly 1.3 million homes.