Piper Hutchinson (Louisiana Illuminator)

New Orleans is not regularly inspecting its homeless shelters to ensure minimum health and safety standards, according to a review from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor.

The state’s higher education oversight board unanimously voted Wednesday to recommend moving the University of New Orleans, which has struggled with enrollment and finances, back into the LSU System.

Tulane, a private university in New Orleans, is alleged to use “race-exclusionary practices in their graduate programs,” according to a media release from the U.S. Department of Education.

Universities have grown cozy with the oil and gas industry. In Louisiana, one college’s bond dates back nearly a century.

Louisiana’s top two state lawmakers have asked the Board of Regents to study the possibility of moving the financially-embattled University of New Orleans back into the LSU System.

Louisiana universities could lose tens of millions of dollars in federal funding under a proposed slash in National Institutes of Health research funding President Donald Trump’s administration has put forward.

School leaders are hopeful federal funds can help them fill a major budget gap.

Francine has caused roads to close, either due to rising water, closing floodgates or storm damage.

LSU has been the beneficiary of a series of federal grants to fund research into carbon capture and sequestration.

LSU leaders said they would provide paid family leave for all employees starting Jan. 1, but some employees who have requested it have been told the policy hasn’t been approved.