Former Congressman William J. Jefferson (Democrat, Louisiana), who gained national attention after federal agents found $90,000 wrapped in pie crust boxes in his freezer, was convicted of political corruption.

Counting on wetlands restoration projects to protect storm buffeted infrastructure along the Louisiana Coast is likely to be a "losing battle" that provides "false hope" and prevents endangered communities from clearly planning for their future, says a researcher from Western Carolina University (WCU).

A Louisiana representative has proposed a controversial solution to "generational welfare," which would pay women on welfare to get sterilization. John LaBruzzo said he thought of the idea because of his constituents' outrage over paying for welfare.

Louisiana Republican Governor Bobby Jindal signed a controversial bill hailed by intelligent design supporters, such as the Discovery Institute, and Louisiana Family Forum, a creationist group.

Senator John McCain has won the Republican party's caucuses in Louisiana while long-shot candidate Ron Paul took second place this morning (Australian time), the state party said, citing preliminary results.

This evening, the Louisiana Republican Party held caucuses at 11 sites across the state to select delegates to a state convention at which Louisiana's GOP convention delegates will be determined. The Louisiana caucuses could potentially benefit one of the Republicans running for President, but this one really takes the cake--it's so complicated that no one is reporting on it.

About 25 white supremacists marched through a Louisiana town on Monday in a white power rally on the United States national holiday honouring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King.

Piyush "Bobby" Jindal was inaugurated on Monday as governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana. He is the country's first Indian American elected governor and the first non-white governor of Louisiana since P. B. S. Pinchback in 1872. At 36 years old, he is currently the nation's youngest governor as well. Jindal suceeds Kathleen Blanco as the state governor.

Louisiana Lottery Reports More Than $6.4 Million in Winning Draw-Style Tickets and More Than $6.1 Million Claimed from Scratch-off Tickets During December.

Double homicide on LSU Campus Leaves Two Students Dead. LSU Community Urged to Use Caution Due To Shootings.

Oxford-educated Bobby Jindal, impressively defeated his opponents in the gubernatorial poll held on Saturday and became the first Non-white and the youngest Governor of the US state of Louisiana. Bobby and Supriya Jindal celebrated 10 years of marriage anniversary recently.

AT&T Inc, the nation's largest wireless carrier, has announced a planned investment of more than $35 million in the Louisiana wireless network in 2007. By year's end, AT&T's three-year investment in the state will surpass $344 million. In addition to building 19 new cell sites, AT&T is adding significant data capacity and infrastructure to increase traffic capability. Last year, AT&T built 60 new cell sites in Louisiana.