Piper Hutchinson

The University of Louisiana System has hired a consulting firm to examine its athletics budget problems and recommend solutions, including whether its member schools should leave the NCAA Division I ranks. UL System President Rick Gallot said the accounting and...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday he is elevating LSU’s corps of cadets program and granting the university a new military designation. LSU will be made a Distinguished Military College, a newly revived federal designation that offers graduates...

Louisiana Tech President Jim Henderson said he plans to relocate to Florida after he retires in December to continue his career as an educator by homeschooling his grandkids. Henderson announced last week he intends to leave the leadership role at...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and her counterparts in Arkansas and Alabama announced Wednesday they are suing three Democratic-led states over laws that grant immunity to doctors who prescribe abortion-inducing medication to people in states where it is illegal. The...

Two Louisiana community college chancellors and a North Louisiana district attorney are among the six semifinalists for the Southern University System presidency, the search committee tasked with filling the post announced Thursday. The three in-state contenders to lead the state’s...

After years of minimal profits, LSU athletics is now tens of millions of dollars in the red. LSU President Wade Rousse told the state Board of Regents on Tuesday the school’s sports program is projected to carry a $26 million...

Major companies investing in Louisiana are looking to the state’s community and technical colleges to supply their workforce, and they are also poaching the instructors who teach there, the school system’s leader said this week. A series of major industrial...

Louisiana Tech University will spend nearly $2 million in public money to pay its student-athletes this year, while the University of Louisiana at Lafayette will devote $1.5 million to its sports teams. Team-level payout details for four UL System sports...

After serving as president of the University of Louisiana System from 2017-23, Jim Henderson became president of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. In a recent interview, he detailed his work returning to a student-facing role. This transcript of the interview...

Key points: A new state-created council has the power the approve or reject partnerships at Louisiana universities involving schools and researchers from China, Cuba, Iran and Russia. The council’s approval is needed even if a researcher is employed at a...

Two Republican state senators competing for a Baton Rouge-based congressional seat lobbed hefty allegations at one another Wednesday involving their residency and one candidate’s unpaid taxes. Sen. Rick Edmonds of Baton Rouge said a New Iberia resident has filed a...

LSU New Orleans has reported another decline in its enrollment in its first semester back in the LSU System. University officials report there are 5,533 students enrolled this fall, down from 5,670 a year ago and short of the 6,000...