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(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Sen. David Vitter made the following statement regarding the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announcement of its approval of another deepwater drilling permit.

The 7th ranked LSU baseball Tigers showed they are for real, by sweeping sixth-ranked Cal-State Fullerton in a three game series at the Box.

Former governor Buddy Roemer's presidential campaign finance pledge—to take no big checks from special interests--is questioned in an Internet news site article.

Part of Governor Jindal's proposed budget savings plan would call for some state employees to put more of their take-home pay into state retirement.

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is in Louisiana as a part of his book signing tour.

Federal Climate Scientists say La Nina conditions that are responsible for active hurricanes are weakening.

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Recently, Trade & Industry Development magazine announced its sixth annual Corporate Investment and Community Impact, or CiCi, Awards in which three of Louisiana's business development projects from 2010 received awards.

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Sen. David Vitter today made the following comments in response to President Obama’s remarks at a press conference about gas prices and domestic energy exploration:

WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Jeff Landry (Republican, New Iberia) released the following full statement following the President's news conference on energy prices today:

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., responded to remarks made today by President Obama about skyrocketing gas prices, at a White House press conference.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — First-time jobless claims in Louisiana took an 11 percent jump last week.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana State Senate has added its newest member.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints assistant coach Travis Jones has been sentenced to three years' probation, 100 hours of community service and ordered to pay $1.15 million in restitution for his role in a real estate scam involving dozens of people in northwest Texas.

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — IberiaBank Corp. has agreed to acquire Cameron Bancshares Inc., which operates in southwestern Louisiana, in a stock exchange valued at $133 million.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has refused to disqualify a lawyer from representing one of six current or former New Orleans police officers charged in deadly shootings on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal's $24.9 billion budget would cut spending on education programs for at-risk youth, state employees, parks and museums, and social services.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Pineville, La., resident Janie Eudy said her husband, Danny, was working in northern Japan at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant where a reactor cooling system failed after the earthquake struck on Friday.

The 7th ranked LSU baseball Tigers suffered their first loss of the season yesterday, losing to Princeton 8 to 7.

The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is kicking off "Problem Gambling Awareness Week" this morning.

We're six months away from qualifying for the statewide elections this fall and there's no sign of a serious challenger to Governor Bobby Jindal.