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The Louisiana attorney general's office said a special grand jury was selected Thursday to look into possible criminal activity involving a $200 million Medicaid contract awarded by Gov.

Transportation officials said enhanced monitoring equipment has been installed near the giant sinkhole in southeast Louisiana to better detect any changes.

While the Louisiana Republican Party appears to be claiming that they are being targeted by an Obama-scandal-like-IRS audit for expressing its opposition to taxes, the Louisiana Democratic Party has just announced, also via email, that the legislative auditor has also sent them a request for information.

The projects are part of the larger Morganza to the Gulf Project which includes levee and other flood protection and coastal erosion initiatives.

Cannon fire will be heard in downtown Thursday morning as the Louisiana House of Representatives remember the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.

The LSU AgCenter, along with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, provided information to producers at meetings in Many and Ruston recently.

State senators rejected a proposal on Monday for Louisiana to offer government-subsidized health insurance to the working poor through the federal health overhaul law known as the Affordable Care Act.

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A new audit says the state education department had gaps in its monitoring of the academic performance of Louisiana's charter schools.

Portions of the movie "My Own Lovesong" were shot at Lake Buhlow in Pineville in 2008.

The first three LSU hospital privatization deals appear to use up 94% of the funding Louisiana Gov.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will use a Saturday speech to Virginia Republicans to suggest the IRS officials who targeted conservative political organizations for scrutiny be sent to prison.

Host Chenango Valley jumped out to a big lead with a six-run second inning and held on to beat... While the labor force was basically flat, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of people who said they had a job fell by nearly 5,000. The jobless rate rose to 6.5 from 6.2 percent in March, though it remained below April ... (more)

On Wednesday, Governor Jindal declared a state of emergency to prepare for Mississippi River crests that are predicted to be well above flood stage.

Which, of course, is exactly why Gov. Bobby Jindal 's LSU Board of Supervisors won't allow Cerise to testify.

Phil Robertson of A&E's 'Duck Dynasty' is part of a family that has made millions in a mail order duck call business.

It's bluebonnets all over again. The New York Times has an expose on the Louisiana reality TV boom, where hits like Swamp People and Duck Dynasty , and a generous tax credit for film and TV productions in the state, have drawn producers, casting directors and network execs alike to the so-called Hollywood South.

The state Department of Health and Hospitals is putting nursing homes on notice - if they have to evacuate a nursing home because the facility couldn't execute an emergency action plan, that home will be billed.

New legislation allowing Louisianans to declare their Cajun lineage on their driver's licenses has been approved by the house committee on transportation, highways and public works.