STENNIS SPACE CENTER — NASA has selected 304 proposals from U.S. small businesses to advance research and technology in Phase I of its 2018 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and 44 proposals for the Small Business Technology Transfer…
NEW ORLEANS — Join New Orleans Saints A.J. Klein and Benjamin Watson as they host the Annual Black & Gold Celebrity Softball Game on Wednesday, June 6, at Tulane University’s Turchin Stadium. All proceeds will benefit Son of a…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — State officials released an audit Thursday that found the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission was clocking hundreds of hours in excessive overtime, misusing thousands of state and federal dollars, allowing unauthorized travel expenses and failing…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The new "haunted history" museum on North Rampart Street features some of the typical highlights of any French Quarter "ghost tour." There are images of Delphine LaLaurie, notorious for torturing and perhaps killing her slaves,…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The hardest part, says Belinda Davis, is deciding to run. Despite the credentials of being an LSU political science professor and education advocate, Davis had never run for public office before, especially as a…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The death of a Louisiana State University student after a fraternity drinking ritual has spurred the state to strengthen its laws against hazing. Gov. John Bel Edwards signed bills Thursday to make hazing that…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — "Granny cams" could soon be coming to Louisiana nursing home rooms. Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday signed into law a bill that will allow Louisiana families to install video monitoring systems in their…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed into law a measure that will restore the voting rights of convicted felons still serving probation and parole, but out of prison for five years. The change…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A nearly $29 billion Louisiana state operating budget that contains new tax money, but still cuts spending on colleges, health services and public safety programs won House passage Thursday. Lawmakers voted 96-5 and 96-7…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. construction spending surged 1.8 percent to a record high in April as home building rose by the largest amount in 24 years. The Commerce Department says the April gain reversed a 1.7 percent drop in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers extended a streak of solid hiring in May, adding 223,000 jobs and helping lower the unemployment rate to an 18-year low of 3.8 percent from 3.9 percent in April. Average hourly pay rose 2.7…
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has told U.S. President Donald Trump that the new U.S. tariffs on European, Mexican and Canadian goods are illegal and a "mistake." Macron's office said in a statement Friday that the two…
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