Why Gov. John Bel Edwards wants to remain a Democrat 

Outgoing Gov. John Bel Edwards is a conservative, Southern Democrat who some have speculated might have been better served if he had been willing to switch parties. 

LSU’s president is taking a different approach to campus speech 

While presidents of Ivy League universities are in the spotlight for their comments on the Israeli-Hamas conflict, LSU President William Tate has a different philosophy: Stay mum. 

State making it easier for students at two-year colleges to get four-year degrees

Louisiana’s oversight board for higher education adopted new transfer pathways Wednesday that will make it easier for students at two-year colleges to obtain four-year degrees.

Southern receives Biden administration grant to pursue top research designation 

Southern University has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to pursue a prestigious research designation that no historically Black college and university currently holds.

Get the latest on the Mississippi River bridge project

Planning work continues on a new bridge across the Mississippi River to alleviate local traffic on Interstate 10 through Baton Rouge, a consultant for the project said Monday.

Here’s why the PSC is likely to postpone its energy efficiency vote

An upcoming vote on long-awaited energy efficiency requirements for utility companies in Louisiana to...

This EV battery chemical plant could get an $80M tax break

The Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry last week approved an $80 million tax break this week for a Japanese company that promises to create nine full-time jobs once it builds a chemical plant in Jefferson Parish  

Long-awaited energy efficiency rules up for vote

State regulators will vote next week on new rules that would require utility companies...

A former LSU professor is accused of unlawful lobbying

A former LSU professor has been accused of allegedly using a graduate assistant with...

Opposition grows over carbon capture project affecting Lake Maurepas

  It has become perhaps the most controversial environmental issue in southeast Louisiana, reports Louisiana...