BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Louisiana's public schools will start classes without guidance from the state education board about a new law that lets science teachers change how they teach topics like evolution and global warming.

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -- It started off as a childhood activity, but now Erin Blanchard and Chris Estrada hope a trampoline leads them to gold.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The idea of giving Road Home applicants another $7,500 to help cover the costs of storm shutters and other measures to protect their homes from future storms has gained some traction.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Louisiana is the latest state to reject a federal identification card program intended as an anti-terror measure that is under criticism because of high costs and possible privacy risks.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ Officials say new findings on how education and health traits are largely determined by the age of 5 are so striking that the state plans to host a symposium on the issue this year.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Killing a pay raise for lawmakers was nothing compared to pulling their pork.

U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu says a small-scale cellulosic biorefinery in Jennings will get up to $40 million in federal funding over the next five years.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- New child support laws passed this year by the Louisiana Legislature could mean an increase in the financial commitment paying parents make to their children.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Starting August 15th, possessing or wearing body armor such as bulletproof vests on school grounds, on school buses, at off-campus events and within 1,000 feet of a campus or in a firearms free zone will be illegal.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The crowd of challengers taking on Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson is growing.

JENA, La. (AP) -- Jesse Ray Beard, one of the ``Jena Six'' defendants, is headed to New York after state District Court Judge Tom Yeager released him from house arrest for the summer.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Two candidates have signed up to challenge embattled Congressman William Jefferson, as the New Orleans Democrat again runs for re-election under a cloud of federal bribery allegations.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Governor Bobby Jindal has signed into law legislation that would ban government funding in Louisiana for what is sometimes called ``therapeutic cloning.''

VIVIAN, La. (AP) - A 69-year-old man faces attempted manslaughter charges after shooting a Vivian man in the abdomen.