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"We have to find a way to fund TOPS for grown folks," says Louisiana Community and Technical College System president Monty Sullivan, especially since the…

Louisville, Kansas, Indiana and Gonzaga are the No. 1 seeds in the four regions of the NCAA Division I men's basketball championship. Now it's time to start picking your winners if you're a college basketball fan.

Bob Clark plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

Ann Powers picks her favorite chart-topping, radio-dominating songs of 2012.

What to do about TOPS? The popular college scholarship program has grown from $50-million in 1999, to a cost of nearly $300-million this year, and…

The cost of the 2012 election will top a record $6 billion, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. If you find it difficult to visualize that figure, here are a few other ways to think about what $6 billion could buy.

Although we’re past the halfway point of the legislative session, House leaders say they are still about three weeks away from moving the budget bill, HB…

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear an update on laws governing short-term rentals in New Orleans. We also hear about the findings from a recent quality of life survey in Orleans and Jefferson Parishes. Plus, we speak to the Baton Rouge teacher who recently won big on Wheel of Fortune.

At the end of a year in which pop songs were a constant, provocative part of the national conversation, NPR Music critic Ann Powers sifts through the 100 most popular songs of the year to highlight 10 pure pop pleasures worth remembering.

Climate change hasn’t recently been a Republican priority. But some young conservatives are hoping to change the narrative within their party.