A proposed constitutional amendment that would prohibit a governor from serving more than two terms fails to receive approval in the House by three votes. It's the second time this session Chalmette Representative Michael Bayham's bill came up three votes short and he's disappointed. "The big challenge we had, onc...

The Supreme Court ruling will in all likelihood have a profound effect on the political future of Congressman Cleo Fields. It was his district that the lawsuit had targeted. As one might expect, Fields was not happy with the Supreme Court's decision to declare Louisiana's congressional map unconstitutional. "The S...

The US Supreme Court has thrown out Louisiana's congressional map. In a six-to-three ruling that fell right along ideological lines, the court ruled that Cleo Fields' district, which stretches from Shreveport to Baton Rouge, relied too much on race. Loyola University law professor Dane Ciolino says the state intentiona...

An agreement has been reached between Louisiana Tech and Conference USA that allows Tech to leave Conference USA and join the Sun Belt this summer. Terms of the out-of-court settlement have not been released, but Matt Belinson of the Ruston Leader says Louisiana Tech most likely had to pay a hefty exit fee. "Front...

Baton Rouge-based Turner Industries announces it's creating 1,000 jobs, as it's building state-of-the-art nuclear fabrication facilities in New Iberia and Port Allen. Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois says the facilities will be dedicated to the production of high-precision modules and nuclear-gr...