Statewide Health Care Options Move ForwardBATON ROUGE –– Amid debate, Gov. Bobby Jindal and his administration are preparing to move ahead with a plan for “coordinated care networks,” with a statewide implementation beginning in 2012 that will cover 830,000 Medicaid…

Business news from around the state

Dealing with life in a real small town

There’s only one reception hall that comes complete with Bobby Jindal watching over the wedding cake.Of all the votes ever taken in the building now known as the Old State Capitol, back in the days when it was just “the…

Regional Reports from across the state

History Channel’s ax man has stories to tell.

From Poverty Point to the LSU campus, exploring ancient cultures

The ever-growing popularity of reality television has set its sights on the once-little-thought-about industry of timber-harvesting and logging.

This Shreveport home was a long time coming but worth the wait.

Recently Discovered Gene May Help Fight CancerSHREVEPORT ––  LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport recently identified a mammalian gene that is required for the growth and spread of some human cancers. This discovery could lead to a greater understanding of…

Ongoing work by entrepreneurs and economic developers to build business statewide paid off this year with a rising public perception of Louisiana as a place to do business. Site Selection magazine placed the state at No. 9 on its annual…

Every once in a while, when I hear about the exciting, fun-filled adventures of some friend in the city,  I feel a twinge of envy.My last gig before farm wife, you see, was as a single 20-something magazine writer in…