A federal judge sentences Nate Cain, the former warden of the Avoyelles Correctional Center, to 38-months to federal prison, and his ex-wife Tonia Bandy was given an eight-month sentence for spending more than 150-thousand dollars in public funds on personal expenses. U-S Attorney David Joseph…
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The duo has been ordered to pay more than $42,000 in restitution.

Louisiana officials are optimistic that 2016 flood victims who did not get RESTORE grant money due to receiving SBA loans will see a check in the near future. State Office of Community Development Executive Director Pat Forbes says the state is working to get final guidelines approved by HUD. After that happens…
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Households below 120 percent of the Area Median Income will receive checks first and if you make over that amount, HUD will have to take a closer look at your need.

Governor Edwards has requested a federal disaster declaration for fisheries impacted by low salinity levels as a result of the opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway. Operation of the Bonnet Carre has diverted fresh water from the Mississippi River into Lake Ponchartrain and east toward the Mississippi Sound and marshes of St. Bernard. Assistant state fisheries secretary Patrick Banks says it has resulted in troubling mortality rates among oysters and declining fish catches….
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Banks says the amount of federal aid remains unclear as the spring flood fight continues.

Baton Rouge businessman and gubernatorial candidate Eddie Rispone did not perform well in a straw poll of Republican voters in southwest Louisiana. Fellow GOP candidate Ralph Abraham had nearly twice as many votes. Rispone has 10-million dollars in his campaign war chest, but UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross wonders if Risponse will spend it…
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The gubernatorial primary is October 12th.