The cut, which equals about 2 percent of colleges' general state financing, is contained in a package of budget adjustments sought by the governor to offset a more than $300 million gap left from the last fiscal year ...

Louisiana refinanced debt earlier this year to generate quick cash. At the time, the state's financial adviser recommended against doing the same maneuver again ...

A super PAC supporting Republican candidate John Kennedy, the state treasurer, says Louisiana's voters should support Kennedy in the Dec. 10 runoff because he will work with Trump in Washington ...

Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry says the Democratic governor's anti-discrimination executive order violates the state constitution. Edwards accuses Landry of repeatedly exceeding his authority and is asking Hernandez to define the attorney general's ...

The two men had traded attacks ahead of this month's primary, with a super PAC supporting Kennedy heavily hitting Boustany ...

The competition between Fayard and Campbell had been particularly bitter ahead of the Senate primary election earlier this month ...

FEMA officials announced on Monday that the Transitional Sheltering Assistance program has been extended until Dec. 18 ...

It wasn't clear if the proposal would rely solely on cuts to close the gap or if the Edwards administration has found any pots of money to offset some of the deficit ...

The review by Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera's office details widespread financial issues across the department under the department's former secretary, raising questions about millions of dollars in spending ...

Louisiana's $315 million deficit from last year was mainly driven by continuing dips in employment that are hammering personal income and business tax collections ...