Politics & Policy

A state senate committee will meet today seeking answers from current and former members of the LSU Board of Supervisors about the way the university mishandled complaints of sexual misconduct in recent years, including those involving former head football coach Les Miles.

Replacing high-paying oil jobs with clean energy jobs is much easier said than done, a three-person panel of Louisiana professionals with Gulf Coast operations agreed during a virtual discussion Thursday evening of the state of the oil and gas industry.

Louisiana's congressional members have coalesced behind their preference for a new map of the...

The Legislature’s chief money committees both started their budget hearings this week. Republican members...

King Alexander alleges that, at a secret meeting at Juban’s Creole, members of the LSU Board of Supervisors explicitly instructed him to oust then athletics director Joe Alleva and replace him with Scott Woodward.

Rep. Jack McFarland, R-Winnfield, has dropped his plans to file a gasoline tax increase during the upcoming legislative session due, in large part, to the expected windfall in federal pandemic relief dollars headed to the state.

Thousands of small businesses scrambling to stay afloat as a result of COVID-19 are...

Millennial Park developer Cameron Jackson has received permission from the Metro Council to rezone his shipping container park on Florida Boulevard to sell alcoholic beverages.

LSU has placed its Kappa Sigma fraternity chapter on suspension while the university investigates allegations it violated LSU policy

In the wake of F. King Alexander’s disparaging comments March 17 to the Oregon State University Board of Trustees about undue influence by the LSU Board of Supervisors into LSU’s athletics program while he was president at LSU from 2013 to 2019, the organization that accredits LSU has launched its own investigation into the matter.