BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Thursday amended its Hurricane Gustav disaster declaration by making 19 additional parishes eligible for public assistance at the request of Governor Bobby Jindal.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Governor Bobby Jindal is becoming a hot commodity on the national fundraising circuit. This week, Jindal hit the campaign trail for two fellow Republicans who are his former congressional colleagues.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Louisiana's congressional delegation remains split _ and at least one congressman undecided - about the 700 billion-dollar financial bailout plan nearing a second vote in the U.S. House.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Federal prosecutors are asking to postpone sentencing for a former Louisiana film commissioner who is cooperating with investigators in a bribery case.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- On the day before what may be the most important election of his life, U.S. Representative William Jefferson isn't likely to be in his hometown to campaign.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal judge has denied a request to delay the date restaurant owner Stan ``Pampy'' Barre begins his prison term for his role in a corruption case.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Businesses in Louisiana now can pay their sales taxes to the state and local authorities online.

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AP) -- The Air Force Reserve's 910th Airlift Wing from Youngstown, Ohio, has completed spraying for flies and mosquitoes.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Booming oil prices have come to Louisiana's rescue when other income sources have dropped recently. Economists warned the state's forecasting panel that the bump from oil might not be enough next year.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The Louisiana Supreme Court has restored the law license of former state Insurance Commissioner James H. ``Jim'' Brown Junior, who served six months in prison for his federal conviction of lying to FBI agents.