Former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain has been booked on rape and incest charges. Late last year allegations became public that Strain may have been involved in sex crimes. The accusations came out of a federal investigation into a work-release program run by the St. Tammany Sheriff’s office.

It’s been a quiet governor’s race so far, but a political analyst says expect that to change very shortly…
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The latest survey from the National Federation of Independent Business finds that small business optimism is reaching near record highs. NFIB state director Dawn Starns says the growth in optimism should mean more jobs and higher pay for workers…
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Starns says Louisiana small business owners like what’s happening in Congress and they’re happy the state legislature maintained the status quo.

Governor Edwards is in Thibodaux at this hour, holding a ceremonial bill signing for the legislation that’s expected to bring Uber and Lyft to areas of the state that currently do not have ridesharing services. Uber spokesperson Evangeline George…
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The Louisiana law goes into effect on July 1st.