Jim Tucker

One political analyst says election night wasn't very good for David Vitter. The Republican US Senator backed several candidates who lost on Saturday night including Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser and outgoing House Speaker Jim Tucker.

New Orleans Representative Walker Hines announces he is dropping out of the race for Secretary of State.

House speaker Jim Tucker has announced his candidacy for Secretary of State at the Baton Rouge Press Club meeting today.

A House committee has passed a bill to consolidate the state's current five college and university management boards in to just one.

After House Speaker Jim Tucker says he'd fail to have the necessary votes that would merge SUNO with UNO, the bill has now been changed to simply transfer UNO into the University of Louisiana System.

Governor Bobby Jindal supports a proposed Constitutional Amendment to merge Louisiana's many college management boards into just one.

The Southern University Alumni Federation held a rally at the State Capitol to protest the proposed merger of Southern University at New Orleans with the University of New Orleans.

House Speaker Jim Tucker says the remapping plan for the 105 state House seats will be sent to the U.S. Justice Department and to a Washington, D.C., federal judge for approval.

Democratic state legislators are upset Republican House Speaker Jim Tucker hired a law firm with ties to the national GOP to assist in getting Louisiana's House redistricting plan approved by the U.S. Department of Justice.

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.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The panel that determines how much money the state has to spend each year has revised its estimates, saying an increase in tax collections means an extra $178 million for the state over the next 16 months.

LSU's push for exemptions from job protections, purchasing provisions and other regulations that govern state agencies is running into a tight timeline for legislative decision-making.

House Speaker Jim Tucker says lawmakers will return to Baton Rouge in late March for a special session on redrawing political lines in Louisiana.