An East Baton Rouge grand jury indicts a 17-year-old with first and third-degree rape in the Madison Brooks case. Authorities allege four males were involved in raping Brooks before she died last month . Legal analyst Franz Borghardt says a first-degree rape conviction carries a life sentence…
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The 17-year-old defendant will also be tried as adult and has been identified as Desmond Carter from Walker.

The Biden Administration has proposed the first ever lease sale for offshore wind farms in the Gulf of Mexico. One of the boundaries is a 102-thousand acre area south of Lake Charles. Interim Executive Director of the Center for LSU Energy Studies, Greg Upton, says we are not too far off from seeing wind turbines in the Gulf…
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The wind energy lease sales cover a smaller area than what was proposed last year to help out the fishing and shipping industry.

Tax reforms passed by state lawmakers have Louisiana ranked sixth in the country for the lowest income tax rate among states that levy an income tax. That data comes from a new report by the Tax Foundation. Baton Rouge tax attorney and consultant Jason DeCuir says our state was among the highest at 6-percent…
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The state income tax rate is now 4.25 percent.

Mardi Gas is done for another year. It was a carnival season that revelers enjoyed after it was canceled in 2021. That year we saw the creation of float houses in New Orleans and elsewhere. Mardi Gras Guide publisher Arthur Hardy says it’s a new trend that might be here to stay…
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Mardi Gras Day will be February 13th next year.