Judge Joe Bleich has ordered a new runoff election in the Caddo Sheriff’s race after ruling the results void. Republican candidate John Nickelson challenged the November 18th outcome after he lost to Democrat Henry Whitehorn by one vote. Political Analyst Scott Hughes says the earliest an election can be held is next spring.
Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator’s term ends June 30th.
Homeowners in the Bayou State are feeling the pinch of increasing property insurance premiums and so are school districts. Louisiana School Boards Association Lobbyist, Dannie Garrett…
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Garret says expenses associated with school buildings are schools’ second largest expense and insurance rates continue to rise.
State Transportation has extended the deadline for the public-private partnership to widen Interstate 10 and construct a new Calcasieu River Bridge. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The New Orleans swamp fire that contributed to the 168-vehicle crash on Interstate 55 in Saint John the Baptist Parish plie that killed eight people and injured 63 others nearly a month ago has finally been put out. Officials say the fire drilled into the swamp’s dense soil which had become dry and combustible after weeks of drought.