The Louisiana House Transportation Committee rejects a proposal to fine pedestrians $25 for looking at their cell phone while walking on a crosswalk. Chris Alexander with the Louisiana Citizen Advocacy Group testified against the legislation. "This is just government overreach at its finest. It's not the role of g...

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon supports Governor Jeff Landry's effort to double the state funding of the LA GATOR Program. The program provides low income families with state dollars that can be used to pay for private school tuition. LaPolitics.com publisher Jeremy Alford says McMahon's endorsement is a big de...

The state transportation department plans to pick a location for a new Mississippi River Bridge in the Baton Rouge area by the end of this year. DOTD Secretary Glenn Ledet says they are looking at three different locations south of Baton Rouge in Iberville Parish. He says they are currently looking at environmental imp...

After winning their third straight Southland Conference championship last Wednesday, the McNeese men's basketball team learned of their position in the bracket yesterday. They're the No. 12 seed in the South Region and will face the fifth-seeded Vanderbilt Commodores Thursday afternoon in Oklahoma City. Cowboys head co...

One of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against LSU over the use of public dollars to pay student athletes through revenue sharing explains the reasoning for the suit. Tiger Rag Executive Editor Todd Horne says the lawsuit is attempting to get clarity on whether public funds that LSU's athletic department pays to student-at...