Early steps have been taken to adjust a buffer zone that would allow commercial menhaden fishing closer to the state’s coastline, reigniting the industry’s fight with sports fishermen and charter boat ...

Three days before they were hired, LSU’s new leaders started discussing a plan to restructure the university’s system of campuses across the state.

Now that two separate courts have ordered the Trump administration to use a contingency fund to resume assistance, the state has pulled back some of the aid it has already doled out.