New campaign finance totals for the governor’s race continue to show Attorney General Jeff Landry leading his opponents with $4.5 million in cash on hand. Teiko Foxx has more…
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WWL-TV in New Orleans is reporting a state grand jury voted against indicting anyone on criminal charges in the collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel in 2019. Three workers were killed. An OSHA investigation found willful and serious safety violations committed by Heaslip Engineering in Metairie. But the firm is contesting those findings.

Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise and Ohio’s Jim Jordan have announced they are are running to be the next Speaker of the House. The Advocate’s DC correspondent Mark Ballard says Jordan is more to the right of Scalise but Scalise occupies the number two position in the House…
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A state Department of Revenue investigation results in the arrest of a Jennings tax preparer for submitting more than 200 fraudulent state income tax returns. L-D-R spokesperson Byron Henderson says Anthony Candler was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish prison
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Henderson says Candler claimed deductions for his clients in 2020 and 2021 for more than 400-thousand dollars in fraudulent business expenses.