House Bill 269 would have required state institutions of higher learning to state their support for the First Amendment and create a system of disciplinary sanctions for students who interfere with invited speakers ...

House Bill 517 by Rep. Gary Carter, D-New Orleans, requires the state superintendent of education to annually submit a written report to the House and Senate education committees on every public and charter school for the next five years ...

When the Senate finishes its work on HB1 — the state budget — it will go back to the House for concurrence on the changes ...

Yes, dear readers, your city marshal is making $200,000, the bulk of which he appears to be collecting illegally ...

The alumni association of the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts in Natchitoches is fighting a bill to rename the school after one of its founders ...

Shreveport Rep. Cedric Glover voluntarily withdrew his bill Thursday that would have prevented state colleges or universities from affixing their names or logos to an alcoholic beverage after having some fun in front of the House Education Committee ...

Duson Mayor Johnny Thibodeaux hopes to convince town voters to pass a sales tax to upgrade streets if the Legislature gives the town permission to raise the cap on local sales taxes. The bill moved closer to final approval on Thursday ...

GOP co-sponsor with Dem Rep. Terry Landry to abolish death penalty says after casting deciding vote to kill it that he simply “wanted to get my message out” — that Louisiana isn’t executing enough people ...

Major money bills continued their slow but steady movement through both chambers this week, allowing legislators to turn their attention to other matters, with mixed results ...

Channeling the spirit of workplace reform, a Senate committee on Wednesday favorably moved two bills — one to ultimately increase the state’s minimum wage to $8.50 an hour, the other to enact a non-discrimination policy for Louisiana employees who ...