Louisiana News

Turner's lawyer, James Craig with the Louisiana Capital Assistance Center, asked Reeves to stop the execution.

Two U.S. senators have filed a bill to clarify that agent compensation should be excluded from the federal health reform Medical Loss Ratio requirement for the individual and small group markets.

Rouses Markets has been expanding along the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast and is looking toward Baton Rouge, says managing partner Donny Rouse.

Louisiana residents contributed more than $1.8 million last year to 2012 presidential candidates, with most of that going to Republicans.

FORTUS FORECAST: Scilly, who chased tougher runners on turf a month ago in her last start, faces $15,000 claimers and is a much better runner on dirt.

The 2010 health law's biggest changes don't take effect until 2014, when states and insurers must be ready to begin signing up an estimated 32 million people in Medicaid and private insurance.

When I moved to New Orleans, I discovered that this was a city that - at least in terms of food - was a world to itself.

The Louisiana tax credit program that state officials have touted as the key component in luring high-profile software firms Gameloft and Electronic Arts to Louisiana has attracted the attention of a Connecticut firm that intends to move three businesses to the New Orleans area this year.

I attended public schools. Therefore, my support for them comes naturally. I believe it is in everybody's best interest, up to and including the government itself, to have a well educated citizenry.

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Leger of Leonville, Louisiana are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Katie Renee Leger to Scott Kelley Roy, son of Mr.

Pollock's Mayor Jerome Scott wasn't about to let a rain storm stop the town's annual Mardi Gras parade, therefore during a lull in the strong downpour he and a few town citizens and their children held the parade in Pollock's city park and just went around the walking trail.

On Freret Street, where most businesses had been abandoned even before Hurricane Katrina's waters did heavy damage there in 2005, there's a bright mural that says "they say the soul is waterproof." Over the last several years, the soul of New Orleans -- the culture, the music, the food, and the wealth of interesting characters -- has survived ... (more)

Adults in northeastern Louisiana wanting to go back to school and get their GED while also receiving work force training at the same time now have the opportunity to do so, under a pilot program between the state and various adult education providers.

Louisiana's Medicaid program on Wednesday started providing health care through private managed care networks in nine parishes around New Orleans, the first step in a sweeping revamp of the program that provides care to the poor.

The chief executive of LSU's hospital system says hundreds of system employees could lose their jobs as LSU moves to close a $29 million budget hole.

Current and historical land loss in coastal Louisiana confirms that Louisiana is in a crisis for which emergency action must be taken.

The annual Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry's Shade Tree Sale will be held at various district forestry offices and other locations throughout the state the week of Feb.

Michael Foods, of Minnetonka, is recalling eggs in brine sold in 10- and 25-pound pails for institutional use under the brand names: Columbia Valley Farms; GFS; Glenview Farms; Papetti's; Silverbrook; and Wholesome Farms.

NEW ORLEANS - Universal Pictures is returning to the Bayou State next month for its next big project - an action thriller with sci-fi elements and starring Tom Cruise.

From Sulphur Police Dept. - According to Chief of Police Lewis Coats, on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at approximately 6:00 pm, Sulphur Police Department were dispatched to a residence on Carr Lane in reference to an animal complaint.