Josh Hubbard scores 23 points, Mississippi State beats SE Louisiana 80-59

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Josh Hubbard hit four 3-pointers and scored 23 points on 8-of-14 shooting Tuesday night to help Mississippi State beat Southeastern Louisiana 80-59. Kanye Clary added 12 points and KeShawn Murphy scored 10 for Mississippi State (3-0). Cameron Matthews had...

Louisiana House greenlights Gov. Jeff Landry's tax cuts

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's GOP-dominated House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed individual and corporate tax cuts, along with a constitutional amendment — all key provisions in Gov. Jeff Landry's sweeping tax reform package, the centerpiece of the state's third...

Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments

BATON ROUGE, LA. (AP) — A new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public classrooms is “unconstitutional on its face," a federal judge ruled Tuesday, ordering state education officials not to take steps to enforce it and to notify all local school boards in the...

A Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public classrooms has been blocked by a federal judge

Mississippi State and SE Louisiana square off in non-conference showdown

SE Louisiana Lions (1-1) at Mississippi State Bulldogs (2-0) Starkville, Mississippi; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bulldogs -26.5; over/under is 149.5 BOTTOM LINE: Mississippi State takes on SE Louisiana in a non-conference matchup. ...

Davis leads Louisiana against No. 8 Houston after 24-point performance

Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (1-1) at Houston Cougars (1-1) Houston; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Louisiana visits No. 8 Houston after Koron Davis scored 24 points in Louisiana's 82-65 win against the Texas-Dallas Comets. Houston went 32-5 overall last...

UMass Minutemen and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs meet

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (2-0) vs. UMass Minutemen (1-1) Nassau, Bahamas; Wednesday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UMass will face Louisiana Tech at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Nassau, Bahamas. UMass went 20-11 overall with a 9-3 record against...

Democrat Cleo Fields wins re-drawn Louisiana congressional district, flipping red seat blue

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Democrat Cleo Fields has won Louisiana’s congressional race in a recently redrawn second majority-Black district, flipping a once reliably Republican seat blue. Fields' win means Democrats will hold two congressional seats in the state for the first time...

AP Race Call: Democrat Cleo Fields wins election to U.S. House in Louisiana's 6th Congressional District

Democrat Cleo Fields won election to a U.S. House seat representing Louisiana on Monday, flipping a Republican-held seat. Fields is a longtime state lawmaker who also served two terms in the U.S. House in the 1990s. The 6th District, which extends from Baton Rouge to Shreveport, was redrawn this year as a...

Democrat Cleo Fields wins election to U.S. House in Louisiana's 6th Congressional District