A supplemental appropriations bill (HB 460) included the funding, which was signed into law by Governor Jeff Landry on June 23, 2025. The supplemental funding will go toward the operations of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Louisiana Monroe.

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, whose role in campus protests against Israel led to his detention for over three months in immigration jail, is now seeking $20 million in damages from the Trump administration. His lawyers filed a claim Thursday, alleging false imprisonment and malicious prosecution after his March arrest by federal agents. Khalil, a legal U.S. resident, said he suffered severe anguish in jail, and continues to fear for his safety. The government has accused him of leading protests aligned with Hamas, but has not provided any evidence of a link to the terror group.

The new stamp will be available in 2026

The momentum for Fall 2025 builds on the success of Fall 2024, when the university had one of its strongest years in recent history, with a 4% increase in overall headcount.

The crash claimed the lives of 28-year-old Billie Myers of Oak Grove and 59-year-old James Washington of Epps.

The review process includes a steering committee and two grade-band workgroups (K–5 and 6–12), each composed of stakeholders from across the state. The new physical education standards will be fully implemented in 2027.

The federally-recognized Tunica-Biloxi Tribe plans to exercise its rights as a sovereign nation to nominate President Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

The renovated Sugar Hall will accommodate occupational therapy, medical laboratory science, speech-language pathology, dental hygiene, labs for toxicology and radiologic technology, as well as community clinics for physical and occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, and dental hygiene. It will also house the office of the Dean of the College of Health Sciences.

Dr. Ray Morrison will resume as the Dean of the VCOM - Louisiana campus. Morrison was the Founding Dean in 2020 and left for personal reasons.

The latest LEAP test results show that overall student proficiency among students in grades three through eight is up a percentage point, with 35-percent achieving Mastery or above.