SWEPCO overcharged customers $23 million, so Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell says he is proposing a plan for the utility provider to issue refunds. He says the average customer would receive a credit of $62, to be divided over three billing periods July, August, and September.
Republican U-S House of Representative Garret Graves of Baton Rouge publicly spoke for the first time today since announcing he will not seek a sixth term in Congress after a new map dramatically changes the sixth district that he currently represents. Graves says he was thinking about running for either district six or district two, but ultimately…
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s temporary restraining order against a woman who photographed Cantrell and her then-bodyguard Jeffrey Vappie (rhymes with happy) sharing dinner and wine while on duty at a French Quarter restaurant has been thrown out. Anne Breaud (Brohd) says she snapped the pictures of the two from her own balcony due to safety concerns.
Breaud shared the photos with media outlets and watchdog groups, one of which filed a complaint with NOPD against Vappie. Vappie was then investigated and taken off the mayor’s security detail.
Louisiana Tech student Olivia Grace George has been crowned as Miss Louisiana 2024. George beat out 32 other women to win the award