A Port Allen man is accused of trying to set a home on fire that had four children inside. The incident happened early Tuesday morning in Baton Rouge. Baton Rouge Fire Department spokesperson Justin Hill says when investigators arrived at home, they saw evidence of a break-in…
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Hill says Jarvis have been charged with four counts of attempted first degree murder…
Three Republicans are challenging Senator Bill Cassidy in next year’s U-S Senate race, but so far there’s no Democratic candidate. LA-politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says Democrats would like to see former Governor John Bel Edwards run, but that’s unlikely and he says it’s unlikely Representatives Troy Carter or Cleo Fields would give up a House seat for a chance to represent Louisiana in the U-S Senate. He says the Louisiana Democratic Party is in rebuilding mode…
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A New Orleans Police officer has been arrested for allegedly hiring sex workers while on duty in the French Quarter. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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There was an effort in the last legislative session to increase the homestead exemption. New Orleans Representative Matthew Williard’s bill would have allowed parishes to increase the homestead exemption, but it died on the House floor. St. Tammany Parish assessor Louis Fitzmorris says with homestead exemption holding steady at 75-thousand dollars, it’s been a stealth tax increase on homeowners…