Nine candidates are running in the Secretary of State’s special election that’s needed because of the resignation of former Secretary Tom Schedler in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal. At a forum, the candidates were asked what they would do to make sure that never happens again. Interim Secretary Kyle Ardoin…
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The alleged victim of Schedler’s harassment says Ardoin, who was Assistant Secretary at the time, was aware of the harassment. Ardoin denies that allegation.

A petition has been started in an effort to convince New Orleans officials to rename Lee Circle after Saints Quarterback Drew Brees. Petition creator Blake Ivey says it should be called Brees circle and he has ideas on what the statue should look like that would replace where Confederate commander Robert E Lee once stood…
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The Edwards administration says over one-thousand new surveys have been submitted to the Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program. These are 2016 flood victims who believe they have a chance at receiving federal grant money now that legislation has been approved that removes the Duplication of Benefits policy put in place by the federal government. Division of Administration Executive Director Pat Forbes says the new applicants will receive the same benefits as the initial wave of recipients…
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Flood victims have until October 19th to fill out an initial survey at restore-dot-la-dot-gov.