Senate president says cuts in federal Medicaid funding could force the Louisiana Legislature into special session to offset the cuts.

This story features data reporting by Rob Powell and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 97 metros.

Stacker compiled a list of the best public high schools in the Baton Rouge metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses seven weighted factors for its rankings. A majority of the score is ...

BATON ROUGE ... accused of diverting school funds for construction work at her personal residence, including the installation of a swimming pool, and improperly using public funds to move and ...

(TNS) — After a student at Woodlawn High recently slipped a loaded firearm past a manned metal detector, East Baton Rouge Parish public school leaders are turning to artificial intelligence to ...

Charter schools are public schools run privately via charters ... while Innovation served students in south Baton Rouge. IDEA owns both buildings, meaning the charter group will have to agree ...

When Texas-based IDEA Public Schools opened two large campuses in Baton Rouge in 2018, it was the education equivalent of a new Buc-ee’s coming to town. State and local leaders trumpeted a ...

two of the largest charter schools in Baton Rouge, are closing their doors in May, the last schools in the state operated by Texas-based IDEA Public Schools. It's the end of a 7-year foray into ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - IDEA Public Schools expanded to Baton Rouge in 2018 and were expected to be as successful as its Texas schools. As of January 7, IDEA public schools announced its plans ...

BATON ROUGE, La. – The closure of IDEA Public Schools’ two Baton Rouge campuses, IDEA Innovation and IDEA Bridge, at the end of the 2024-25 school year has left nearly 2,000 students and their ...