Louisiana News

BLACK BAYOU - The water is high and there are no fishing reports. CANEY LAKE - Things are starting to look up this week.

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.

The Louisiana Supreme Court has appointed a neighboring justice of the peace to fill the vacancy of Keith Bardwell who resigned on Nov.

The state Department of Health and Hospitals says two men died last week from swine flu complications, bringing the total number of swine flu-related deaths in Louisiana to 35.

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On his frequent fundraising trips out of state, Gov. Bobby Jindal enjoys telling small groups of very wealthy people about how the new ethics laws he signed are now ranked best in the nation.

BATON ROUGE - The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is asking federal inspectors to conduct a preliminary damage assessment for areas recently flooded in north Louisiana.

With hurricane season ending, film and TV production in south Louisiana is picking up, and New Orleans is on track to break last year's filming record.

Summer Grove Baptist Church is host to the 162nd Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Baptist Convention, Nov.

Members of a large scale illegal alien transportation operation based in Sulphur, La., were sentenced in federal court yesterday, United States Attorney Donald W. Washington announced.

Family members of sniper John Allen Muhammad said Wednesday that they will take his remains to the family's hometown of Baton Rouge for a funeral.

Louisiana's use of technology in schools and the overall system has brought recognition in a national survey but Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek says the best thing is that it keeps students involved in learning.

Here is a "just released" press release from US Senator Mary Landrieu concerning the very controversial FDA "oyster" issue: United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed to halt a proposed plan to ban Gulf Coast oysters that are not subject to post-harvest processing.