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 ...

The McNeese Men's basketball team is headed back to the NCAA Tournament for a third consecutive season after beating Stephen F. Austin 76-59 in the Southland Conference Tournament Championship game. Coach Bill Armstrong took over for Will Wade and keeps the streak of Big Dance invitations going, but Armstrong credits t...

A lawmaker wants to give voters the final say on a minimum wage increase. Louisiana is one of 20 states in which the minimum wage aligns with the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, which has not changed since July of 2009. Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says that's just untenable. "Even if they have two job...

Louisiana could soon have a recreational alligator hunting season. There's a commercial alligator hunting season, but Franklin Senator Robert Allain says with the number of alligators increasing in the state, he would like to open alligator hunting to recreational hunters. "We have gotten to a point now, where we ...

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries recently issued the following statement: "Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforcement agents cited two subjects on March 3 for the illegal shooting of a whooping crane in Evangeline Parish." "Agents cited Logan Q. Thrasher, 36, of S...

A Senate committee approves legislation that would make it a crime to conduct a disruptive protest inside a church or near a place of worship. Ponchatoula Senator Bill Wheat says with his legislation, he's not trying to infringe upon the First Amendment right to protest. "But at the same time, I don't think that r...