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The music director of a church in St. Gabriel faces up to 800 years in prison on sex charges.

Thursday night when the man allegedly entered the store brandishing a small black handgun and demanded money from the clerk.

BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge man seeking to recall Gov. Bobby Jindal now says he has had 'a change of heart' and has withdrawn the recall.

Louisiana authorities say three people are being treated for burns after a steam accident at a ConocoPhillips Co.

As the airline industry tries to deal with sky-high fuel prices by cutting back on capacity, six Louisiana airports and two in Mississippi are on a list of airports most likely to lose flights, a business ...

BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal used his veto knife Monday to carve out what he said were 25 non-state programs that didn't meet his requirements for state funding.

BATON ROUGE - The state has lifted its temporary ban on oil and gas wells set within a quarter mile of interstate highways after putting in place rules officials say will prevent explosions like the one that ...

At least 130 people gave up positions in various levels of state government, just before new financial disclosure rules kick in Tuesday.

BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal reversed course today and vetoed a bill that would have doubled the base pay of Louisiana legislators.

Wall Street's plunge today to its lowest level since 2006 took down the stock prices of most Louisiana-based companies, while skyrocketing energy prices -- and the prediction of more leaps -- spell trouble for ...

If state lawmakers and Gov. Bobby Jindal thought the public outrage over the Legislature doubling its salary and the governor refusing to veto it would die down after the legislative session ended, they ...

BATON ROUGE - Somewhere hidden behind all the smoke and sand raised since the 2008 legislative ses-sion that ended Monday lies almost three months of work that really didn't accomplish much, political observers ...

The Louisiana Secretary of State's Elections Division says it has received a recall petition for Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.

BATON ROUGE - Louisiana election officials on Tuesday received an application for a recall petition against a state representative from suburban New Orleans - the first such application received since state ...

The top administrator at Southeastern Louisiana University has been chosen as the new president of the University of Louisiana System.

A recall petition has been filed against the Speaker of the Louisiana House, the fourth such petition filed against a state lawmaker since legislators voted last week to double their own pay.

After the legislative session ends is typically when lawmakers go about their districts explaining to constituents what they did.

BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal says he has 'learned my lesson' not to take such a hands-off approach when dealing with legislators after they approved what he considers an exorbitant pay raise.

Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Dog parks in Terrebonne Parish. The Hot Air Balloon Festival.

BATON ROUGE - The Legislature agreed Monday to limit the ability of the governor's office to shield records from the public, a last minute compromise between Gov.