Proposals to raise the state’s gasoline tax is getting pushback from the conservative political advocacy group, Americans for Prosperity. Halen Doughty has more…:
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Th Ascension Parish council has voted to call for the resignation of Parish President Kenny Mattassa. A grand jury recently indicted Matassa on charges of public bribery for allegedly offering favors to a man if he’d drop out of a race for office in Gonzales. Council members voted 6-4 in favor of calling for Mattasa to step down. He bonded out of jail on a $5000 bond.

Now that the governor has released his plan for how he’d like to see criminal justice reformed in Louisiana, the recommendations are now in the hands of lawmakers. New Orleans Representative Walt Leger, who sits on the task force that put the plan together, says bills will be filed that would put Louisiana where it needs to be in terms of prison population…:
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The recommendations include changes to drug and property crimes, altering probation and parole supervision, simplifying the criminal code, and narrow sentencing ranges.

Greater Ouachita Water Company is looking for a buyer. Ouachita Parish Police Jury President Scotty Robinson says GOWC’s roughly 25-thousand customers have been dealing with discolored water and billing errors for years. He says OPPJ has a say in who the buyer will be because they have a member on the water company’s executive board…:
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After years of dealing with these issues, he believes many customers would welcome a change.