Thousands of Louisiana taxpayers may be owed money, but time is running out to claim it. The Louisiana Department of Revenue says it has more than $17.5 million in unclaimed state tax refunds. Department spokesman Byron Henderson says the agency has mailed nearly 23,000 letters to individual and business taxpayers advi...

Call him "president," call him "senator" - when referring to Mike Reese, both titles apply to him simultaneously. The state senator from Leesville is now the new president at McNeese State University, taking over for Wade Rousse, who's now heading the LSU system. Reese officially took over as McNees...

In announcing that he will not seek a second term in his second stint in Congress, Cleo Fields noted that a lot has changed since the first time he served on Capitol Hill, and not for the better. Fields said when he served in the House for the first time from 1993 until 1997, Fields said while debates were certainly fi...

We got word a few days ago about Cleo Fields' political future. Friday morning, he made it official. "When I run for office, I don't run just to run; I run to win. I was in deep conversations with members of congress in Washington, and there was a lot of push. But at the end of the day, I didn't see the winning pa...

Louisiana farmers suffered an estimated $112 million loss as a result of Tropical Storm Arthur last month. Avoyelles, St. Landry and Rapides Parishes accounted for 90% of total losses. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says Avoyelles received 29 inches of rain in less than 24 hours. "An initial survey indicated...