Nate Cain, the former warden of the Avoyelles Correctional Center, has been indicted on fraud charges by a federal grand jury. Cain and his estranged wife, Tonia, each face 18 counts. Prosecutors allege they used state Department of Corrections credit cards to buy personal items over a three year period. Nate Cain is the son of ex-Angola warden Burl Cain.

According to Insure.com’s latest study, Louisiana drivers are paying the second highest annual car insurance premiums in the country at just over $1900. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says there is new technology that can help lower rates like a product called usage-based insurance, which measures how far and how you drive..:
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According to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, about 20-percent of all auto insurers will offer usage-based insurance within the next five years.

First Lady Donna Edwards has helped launch a new website designed to help Louisiana foster parents care for their children. Donna Edwards says Louisiana-fosters-dot-la-dot-gov connects foster families with community organiziations who are willing to provide assistance…
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Over 78-hundred children were in Louisiana’s foster care system last fiscal year.

A contract has been signed with a contractor that will expand interstate 10 in the Baton Rouge area from Highland Road to LA 73 in Ascension Parish. Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson says construction will begin in January and take two-and-half-years to widen the interstate by one lane in each direction….
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State and federal dollars are funding the 72-million dollar project.