Ashley Westerman

Two long-shot contenders for Louisiana's Third Congressional District seat were the only candidates to attend a debate Monday at the Baton Rouge Press Club.

Officials at LSU say they are updating their emergency plan to achieve faster campus-wide evacuations in the cases of emergencies.

Ascension Parish residents will vote this election on a new sales tax to fund road improvements throughout the parish.

Two LSU researchers have won a $250,000 grant from the John Templeton Foundation.

The state Department of Education is again denying a request from the Associated Press for information on how schools were chosen to participate in Governor Jindal's voucher program.

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved money for the construction of a new hospital in New Orleans East.

The latest American Community Survey from the US Census Bureau was released Thursday. The stats reveal the percentage of individuals in Louisiana living in poverty rose from 18.7 percent to 20.1 percent between 2010 and 2011.

The US Census Bureau released findings from its 2011 American Community Survey on Thursday.

An arrest has been made in the bomb threat directed toward LSU's campus on Monday.