Terrytown News

In a move that has shocked some parents and led others to question the reasoning behind it, Gerard LeBlanc has announced he is leaving his post as the founding principal at Thomas Jefferson Senior High School ...

Jonathan Liberto's mother now holds job Jonathan Liberto will seek the post of constable of 1st Justice Court, after his mother announced her retirement.

Westbank firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire Saturday morning at an apartment complex in Terrytown.

The veto announcement came after the pay raise infuriated voters, leading some to file recall petitions against the governor and two of his top allies in the Legislature.

Bowing to intense pressure, Gov. Bobby Jindal Monday vetoed Senate Bill 672, which effectively doubled the salary of most members of the state Legislature.

State Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek should be able to sidestep public bid requirements for educational consulting contracts, the full Legislature has agreed.

A recall petition was filed Friday against Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who has come under blistering criticism around the state for his refusal to veto a bill doubling state legislators' base pay.

Gov. Bobby Jindal admitted Tuesday that he blundered in allowing legislators to pass a bill that would more than double their base pay.

BATON ROUGE - One of Louisiana's three juvenile prisons must be shut down and most of its prisoners moved into smaller facilities throughout the state, lawmakers said in a bill that won final approval Tuesday ...

Legislators should be required by law to provide more details on the pet projects they add into budget bills each year, the full Legislature has decided, approving a bill that has been the subject of debate for ...

Republican Jim Tucker of Terrytown taking the effort 'seriously' A recall effort has been mounted by a Gretna businessman against House Speaker, Jim Tucker.

Restructuring the state's Labor Department to oversee worker training easily gained Senate approval Friday.

A Terrytown man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted Wednesday of raping a 6-year-old girl three years ago.

Thirteen of the 104 members of the Louisiana House have refused to accept a possible raise in their salaries, as voters continue to voice their anger over a pay hike legislators approved for themselves.

The Louisiana House of Representatives this afternoon approved a proposal to more than double legislators' pay.

The Louisiana House on Friday approved a proposal to more than double legislators' pay, an idea that sparked howls of anger from talk radio callers, editorialists and bloggers.

A Senate committee on Thursday approved measures that propose major changes at New Orleans' two big transport hubs: its airport and port.

With several of Gov. Bobby Jindal's major bills still pending, the speaker of the Louisiana House said Wednesday that he urged the Jindal administration to avoid a battle over whether legislators' pay should be ...

A bill prompted by the criminal case against Anna Pou, a doctor who was accused of the deaths of hospital patients during Hurricane Katrina flooding, neared final passage following approval Tuesday by a Senate ...

Gov. Bobby Jindal has traveled the country in the past few months: talking on TV with Jay Leno, touting Louisiana on national news talk shows in Washington and visiting Republican presidential contender John ...