Approximately 30 University of New Orleans employees have been laid off amid the university’s $10 million budget shortfall.

The University of New Orleans Faculty Senate is fed up with the university’s budget chief and dealing with frayed internal ...

Edwin Litolff, UNO’s chief financial officer, told the UL Board another $2 million in savings would be realized from budget and hiring freezes. That still leaves a deficit of more than $4 million.

Edwin Litolff, the university’s chief financial officer, told the Board of Supervisors on Thursday that employees would be furloughed for different lengths of time depending on their pay levels.

This weekend, thousands of runners across the globe descended on Baton Rouge for the 14th annual Louisiana Marathon, celebrating community, culture and endurance.

"We've talked about layoffs," said Edwin Litolff at Thursday's board meeting. "Part of the challenge we have is we've already started the spring semester, so there's not much we can do from a ...