Louisiana's governor raises major doubts about a stalled $3 billion coastal restoration project

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry raised serious objections Thursday to a $3 billion project long hailed as key to restoring the state's eroding coastline, decrying the growing cost and predicting dire harm to a coastal culture dependent on fishing, shrimping and oyster dredging. ...

Arkansas looks to become bowl eligible when it hosts Louisiana Tech

Louisiana Tech (4-6) at Arkansas (5-5), Saturday, 4 p.m. ET (ESPN+) BetMGM College Football Odds: Arkansas by 22. Series record: Arkansas leads 4-0. What's at stake Arkansas can clinch a winning record and bowl eligibility with a victory...

Liberty takes on Louisiana in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands

Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (1-3) vs. Liberty Flames (4-1) Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands; Friday, 5:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Liberty will square off against Louisiana at Virgin Islands Sport & Fitness Center in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands. The...

Wyoming faces SE Louisiana, aims for 4th straight home win

SE Louisiana Lions (2-2) at Wyoming Cowboys (3-1) Laramie, Wyoming; Friday, 8:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Wyoming will try to keep its three-game home win streak intact when the Cowboys take on SE Louisiana. Wyoming went 15-17 overall with a 9-5 record at...

Court ruling stops Louisiana from requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms for now

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's plan to make all of the state's public school classrooms post the Ten Commandments next year remains on hold under an order Wednesday by a federal appeals court in New Orleans. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a state request to...

Appeals court declines to lift the hold on a Louisiana law making public schools post the Ten Commandments in classrooms

Anglin scores 20 off the bench, Rice defeats Louisiana-Lafayette 83-61

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Denver Anglin helped lead Rice past Louisiana on Tuesday night with 20 points off of the bench in an 83-61 win. Anglin shot 6 of 10 from the field, including 5 for 8 from 3-point range, and went 3 for 3 from the line for the Owls (4-1). Caden Powell scored 17...

Multiple election offices report receiving mailed ballots misdirected from other states

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Terry Thompson had an election to run for voters in Cascade County, Montana. Why then, she thought, was her office in Great Falls being sent mailed ballots completed by voters in places such as Wasilla, Alaska; Vancouver, Washington; and Tampa, Florida? It was...

Louisiana governor's tax overhaul faces opposition as lawmakers and lobbyists horse-trade

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is pushing big plans to overhaul the state's complex tax code to deliver income and corporate tax cuts. But a Senate committee Tuesday introduced significant changes to the sweeping reform package in response to concerns raised by lawmakers,...

Rice faces Louisiana after overtime win

Rice Owls (3-1) at Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (1-2) Lafayette, Louisiana; Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Ragin' Cajuns -4.5; over/under is 142.5 BOTTOM LINE: Rice visits Louisiana followingRice's 77-75 overtime victory against the...