Tiger Rag magazine executive editor Todd Horne is among a trio of Baton Rouge reporters who are suing LSU for refusing to disclose records of public money it's paying to student athletes. Piper Hutchinson of Louisiana Illuminator and Chris Nakamoto of WAFB-TV are the other two. They're being represented by Scott Sternb...

The Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy is working with the U.S. Geological Survey to get to the bottom of why there's been a sudden spike in earthquake activity in northwest Louisiana. It was spurred by a magnitude 4.9 quake last week; and since then, there have been a series of other quakes, including fou...

More good news about auto insurance rates. Since the start of last year, nearly 40 companies have filed rate decreases for private passenger auto policies. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says the latest company to do so is Imperial Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, who filed a 6% decrease on its Value Product. &q...

Crude oil prices have surpassed $90 a barrel and the statewide average price for a gallon of regular gasoline has reached $3.23, according to AAA. The International Energy Agency is releasing 400 million barrels of oil from strategic reserves, but LSU Center for Energy Studies director Greg Upton says that will not hel...

The commissioner of agriculture and forestry is sounding the alarm over the lack of crawfish peelers in the state. Mike Strain says this is because the Department of Homeland Security has stopped processing H-2B applications for skilled guest workers, preventing them from coming back. "A lot of these workers have ...