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LSU engineering researchers are developing sensors that could quickly detect nuclear power leaks with the help of a $500,000 grant from the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission—the first grant LSU has received from the agency. 

Louisiana spent $7.7 million providing legal defense to people facing the death penalty in 2022, according to the Louisiana Public Defender’s Office

Residents of St. James Parish filed a federal lawsuit today raising allegations of civil rights, environmental justice and religious liberty violations. 

Louisiana's corporate franchise tax rate of 0.275% ranks second highest in the country, according to a report from the nonprofit Tax Foundation.

President Joe Biden has nominated Baton Rouge attorney Darrel Papillion to be a federal judge for the New Orleans-based U.S. Eastern District of Louisiana, the White House announced yesterday. 

Scores of motorists file through Benny’s Car Wash on Perkins Road each day, but few probably know the location was the first in the world to pioneer the “express wash” concept, a technologically advanced drive-thru system that introduced an alternative to full-service washing.

Baton Rouge’s Downtown Development District has launched a public survey to inform the strategic planning process that will guide the DDD over the next five years. 

Southwest Louisiana has proved that it can take challenges in stride, Site Selection magazine...

There are three important areas of inquiry worth exploring at this hour in Louisiana’s developing race for governor: 

A planned carbon capture and sequestration hub in Calcasieu Parish could abate some $11 billion in environmental damages over its lifetime, according to a new report by LSU’s  Center for Energy Studies.