Louisiana News

Matthew White, a landscape photographer who lives and works in the New Orleans area, has been selected to exhibit three photographs in the 6th Annual Grand Isle Juried Exhibition.

Rep. Charles Boustany, back from a recent trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, believes the United States should send more troops to train Afghan soldiers and police to secure the troubled nation.

U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu cast a pivotal vote Saturday to advance the Senate health bill for debate but remained uncommitted on the legislation.

An Iberia Parish elementary school has been recognized for closing the achievement gap between white and minority students, the state Department of Education announced Friday.

Motorists hitting Louisiana's major highways this Thanksgiving week should encounter few road closures because of construction.

Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu , one of three lawmakers being wooed by Senate Democratic leaders to back health-care legislation, won the inclusion of an extra $100 million in federal aid for low-income people in her state.

Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine announced that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has recognized Louisiana's Medicaid program as a national best practice for its efforts to simplify and streamline the state's Medicaid eligibility processes, according to a news release from DHH.

A black school teacher who claimed white police officers abused and assaulted her agreed Friday to a plea deal convicting her of resisting arrest and disturbing the peace.

After negotiating critical last-minute commitments, Senate Democratic leaders Friday stood on the verge of achieving the necessary 60 votes to begin consideration of the most expansive health care legislation to go before the Senate in nearly half a century.

A Louisiana businessman was charged Friday with engaging in a Ponzi scheme to defraud about 160 investors - mostly elderly people - out of roughly $19.5 million and using some of the money to pay for cars, cruises, sports tickets and a house.

United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced today that EVELYN J. HOLDEN, age 52; KOVERIA D. WILLIAMS, age 44; and ANN M. WARR, age 58, all residents of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were charged in Bills of Information arising out of Operation "Illegal Motion." All three were arraigned today before U.S. District Court Judge James Brady and pled ...

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David Caldwell, right, deputy director of the criminal division of the Louisiana attorney general's office, talks during a news conference announcing the arrest of William J. Chaucer Jr.. in connection with Ponzi scheme allegations.

The Louisiana Department of Education is defending itself in association with a criticism by Treasurer John Kennedy who made a ruckus over contracts with the Louisiana Department of Education.

As Acadiana institutions go, few have as big an impact on local life as University Medical Center in Lafayette.

It's almost certain that Louisiana will lose a congressional seat when voting districts are redrawn in 2011 following next year's census, a state lawmaker told business leaders Tuesday.

Blueprint Louisiana appeared before the Louisiana Postsecondary Education Review Commission offering recommendations for sustainable improvement of the state's higher education enterprise, according to a news release from group.

The 13 riverboat casinos, Harraha TMs Entertainment Inc.a TMs downtown New Orleans casino and the three race track casinos won $193.3 million from players in October.

I never did think I would long for the days of Mike Foster, but I now miss "Big Daddy." Of course government watchdog C.B. Forgotston gave Foster this nickname and it perfectly fit Foster's plantation patrician style of leadership.