Piper Hutchinson

Six years after a national sexual assault scandal roiled the state’s flagship university, Louisiana lawmakers question if the reporting system implemented in its wake provides enough information. In 2020, LSU became engulfed in controversy following a USA Today investigative report...

The LSU Board of Supervisors Friday approved the creation of the Prosperity Institute, a research center in its business college that the founding donor hopes will definitively prove the superiority of capitalism. Roger Ogden, a New Orleans real estate developer...

Interim Southern University President Orlando McMeans wants the task force studying how to revamp the state’s higher education funding formula to take underfunding of Louisiana’s largest historically Black college into consideration. McMeans asked the task force, which met Monday at...

Louisiana voters could remove the power of judges to grant bail to persons convicted of certain crimes with minors as victims. Constitutional Amendment 3 , one of 10 proposed changes on the Nov. 3 ballot, was proposed by Rep. Debbie...

Some Louisianians could see their tax bills triple — the biggest increase in the country — following the expiration of a law that kept forgiven student loan debt from being treated as income, according to a new report. Student loan...

GRAMBLING — Grambling State’s Martin Lemelle is Louisiana’s youngest university president — and one of the most ambitious. Lemelle, 41, was hired to lead North Louisiana’s only historically Black university two years ago. Since then, he’s set big goals for...

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...