Louisiana State News

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's health care bill has millions of dollars to help Louisiana finance Medicaid at a time when he is hoping that state's wavering Democratic senator will support overhaul legislation.

A Lafayette Parish sheriff's deputy was cited for allegedly slashing a vehicle's tire in the parking lot of Walmart.

A 27-year-old Baton Rouge man has been indicted in the Sept. 4 stabbing death of his former girlfriend at an assisted living facility where she worked.

The Archdiocese of New Orleans is set to receive $25 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Louisiana Recovery Authority to repair five Catholic schools damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

A landmark court ruling blaming the Army Corps of Engineers' "monumental negligence" for some of the worst flooding from Hurricane Katrina could lead to a new deluge: billions of dollars in legal action from thousands of storm victims.

A sister of Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden has been charged in connection with an alleged city court bribery scheme.

Thibodaux's next mayor and City Council will get pay raises that will cost taxpayers an extra $28,434 a year.

A Louisiana man who was taken off a flight about to depart San Francisco International Airport when marijuana was found in his luggage will serve a lesser sentence after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors

Gov. Bobby Jindal is in Texas for a Republican Governors Association conference.

A Baton Rouge man has been arrested on a charge he assaulted an ex-wife of former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards during a domestic dispute.