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• Scalise launches bid for House Majority Leader post

  November 9, 2022 2:16 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - With the Republican Party favored -- though not guaranteed -- to assume control of the House of Representatives in the coming session, Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise is aiming for a top spot in Congress. The longtime lawmaker from suburban New Orleans on Wednesday declared his intention... more »

• LSU hoping to improve campus through state funds Play Video

  March 22, 2022 7:27 PM

  BATON ROUGE - LSU'S new president went to the capitol today with an old request: more money for the state's flagship university. State lawmakers almost couldn't believe what President William Tate asked for when he requested $731 million on capital outlay. "I'm sorry what was that," Rep. Tanner... more »

• La. House honors hero who saved officer from attack

  February 22, 2017 12:26 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A Baton Rouge Police Department officer that was saved by a woman during an arrest that went awry over the weekend was honored by the Louisiana House of Representatives on Wednesday morning. The House of Representatives commended BRPD Corporal Billy Amie, and the woman who saved... more »

• Education chief: House cuts would shutter most of agency

  February 29, 2016 10:04 AM

  BATON ROUGE- The Louisiana House is proposing to take a hatchet to the Department of Education in the final four months of the budget year. House lawmakers recommended cuts that Superintendent of Education John White says would shutter nearly every program in his agency, including early childhood programs, vouchers and... more »