Louisiana lawmakers are advancing legislation to transfer the University of New Orleans from the University of Louisiana System to the LSU System at a cost of about $23 million, Senate President Cameron Henry, R-Metairie, said.

On this week's episode of the Gulf States Gumbo, we examine how cost-cutting in Washington is being felt in the South.

Funding for early education in Louisiana doesn’t appear to be in jeopardy this year, but advocates want last year’s cuts to be reversed.

Louisiana lawmakers are asking Congress to bring back a federal program that helped schools buy food from local farms.

Louisiana legislators are advancing legislation to move the University of New Orleans, which has struggled with enrollment and finances, back into the LSU System.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a judge’s order to bring a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center back to New England for hearings to determine whether her rights were violated and if she should be released, denying a government request for a delay.

While last fall’s $50 million deficit was a surprise, district officials have told charter leaders to plan for lower-than-usual funding again next school year.

The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across the South should be eliminated.

Voters in about half of Louisiana’s parishes will go to the polls Saturday to elect officials and decide on various ballot proposals.

Amid discussions of splitting LSU’s top leadership role into two positions, System President William Tate is moving his office to the same campus building that once held the school chancellor’s office.