With the failure of Amendment 3 at the ballot box over the weekend, the fate of teacher pay is now in the hands of the legislature. Shreveport Senator Alan Seabaugh says he doubts that the legislature will be able to give teachers another $2,000 stipend for the next fiscal year, since the failure of the proposed amendm...

After Bill Cassidy's failure to advance to the runoff in the Republican primary over the weekend, the big question is, what's next for his political future? Cassidy made his intentions known in no uncertain terms in a conference call with reporters today, answering a question from David Jacobs with LaPolitics.com. Jaco...

LSU System President Wade Rousse admits there's not been much movement in building a $400 million arena next to Alex Box Stadium. Rousse says the LSU economic development district that's generating the funding for a proposed arena is collecting money. "Nothing has been spent yet. Where it's going to be spent kind ...

It's back to the drawing board for teachers looking for their annual stipend to become a permanent pay raise. This, after voters reject another plan concocted by state lawmakers to accomplish that goal - this one involving the abolishment of three large education trust funds to use those revenues to pay down teacher re...

Legislation that would prevent the public from seeing what college athletes receive in a revenue share deal they have with their schools is moving closer to final legislative passage, as the House-approved bill has cleared the Senate Education Committee. The bill's author, Lafayette Representative Themi Chassion, says ...