Louisiana faculty members sound the alarm on retirement crisis 

Louisiana’s higher education faculty members feel trapped.  In the early days of their teaching careers,...

Louisiana will shine public light on state government salaries  

Louisiana intends to make the salaries of state government employees available to the public...

How Louisiana’s elected officials are celebrating Mardi Gras 

The masks can make it difficult to identify them, but many Louisiana elected officials take part in Carnival season—and are eager to show it.

Louisiana may bar more banks from state business over gun, energy policies 

The Louisiana State Bond Commission might further limit the state’s business with large banks...

Swapping state gas tax for mileage fees gaining consideration

Louisiana is eyeing a pilot program that would charge drivers a mileage fee as a way to replace or augment the gasoline tax.

Tax-cut triggers leading to revenue losses spur state lawmakers to act  

A set of new automatic tax cuts that Louisiana lawmakers said would occur only...

Livingston school board duped in $2 million email scam

The Livingston Parish Public School System was duped into transferring more than $2 million to a cyber scammer in January of last year.

LSU Board of Supervisors approves health partnership with OLOL

The LSU Board of Supervisors at its meeting today unanimously approved a partnership between...

Legislature will consider removing inventory tax credit 

The Louisiana Legislature will be asked to do away with a long controversial business tax break and remove the tax burden of some of the state’s highest-earning companies this coming session. 

Legislature sitting on $106M in reserve funding

The Louisiana Legislature ended its last budget cycle June 30 with $106.5 million worth of reserve funding.Â