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For every dollar Louisiana citizens send to the federal government, the state receives around $1.78 in return, according to the most recent report by the Tax Foundation based on data collected in 2005.

The Louisiana National Guard Youth Challenge Program at Camp Minden in Minden, LA graduated 192 cadets Saturday, Jan.

The Louisiana State fire marshal confirmed that a woman severely burned in a Sabine Parish house fire intentionally set it herself.

The fact that Mitt Romney was unable to wrap up the GOP Presidential nomination in early-voting states leaves both Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich with a chance to become the party's nominee, say two Louisiana Republicans who have been watching the fight closely.

More than 20 Louisiana Army National Guard troops who specialize in airfield operations are due home Friday after a year of supporting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Natchez Democrat reports that fire units from several counties and Louisiana responded to Wednesday night's fire.

Birds and lions and alligators were sighted at Martin Behrman Elementary School last week.

BEADS: To the Louisiana Attorney General's Office, which has recovered more than $25 million from five pharmaceutical companies the state sued for unlawful inflation of drug costs paid by Louisiana taxpayers through the Medicaid program.

Old books soar aloft like flocks of birds - and they settle on people's shoulders, perching with spindly little legs.

Airline High School's Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps was among those that received $5,000 by the Disabled Veterans of Louisiana to help restore funding that was cut this year from the program by the Air Force.

"The bottom line is the governor appoints people who support his agenda for moving the state forward, not the other way around."-Jindal spokesman Frank Collins, "The bottom line is the governor appoints people who support his agenda for moving the state forward, not the other way around." - Jindal spokesman Frank Collins, explaining why Gov.

Some of the artefacts uncovered when the Army corps opened up a spillway in 1975.

As he travels around the heart of Louisiana, FOX 8 's Dave McNamara has come across some great places to hear live, local music.

Louisiana National Guard Adjutant General, Brig. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, talks with Downtown Alexandria Rotary Club members after speaking at their meeting Tuesday.

A scientific report issued by Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration predicts that the Louisiana coast could see about 3 feet of sea level rise along the already low and vulnerable Louisiana coast by 2100 - a prediction that leaves this Cajun coast drowning and under siege from storm surge for decades to come.

The 5-year-olds in Ann Francois' prekindergarten class were oblivious to the group of men and women who slipped into their room Tuesday as they were naming the days of the week in French.

No one would call the system that Louisiana uses to measure the quality of its public schools the most intuitive.

Louisiana's education chief has unveiled proposals to rid the state of what he called the bureaucratic red tape involved in compliance with the federal "No Child Left Behind Act." John White told reporters Tuesday the state's proposal includes, for example, lifting requirements for detailed school district improvement plans that require valuable ... (more)

When the city approves a major rezoning, its planners want to get about a quarter of the increased land value back from the builder in the form of community benefits, says a new report ... Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver's recent rant about environmentalists notwithstanding, the federal and Alberta governments are listening to critics about ... (more)

Gov. Bobby Jindal has repeated the same mantra for four years: "Who you know is not more important than what you know." A recent flurry of hires and appointments in the few months since Jindal was re-elected includes former parish presidents and former lawmakers, many of whom were either term-limited or lost bids for re-election, all of whom were ... (more)