Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has announced the arrest of a jail employee in connection with the inmate escape at the Orleans Justice Center. The A-G’s office says 33-year-old Sterling Williams, a maintenance worker at the sheriff’s office, turned the water off in the cell where the inmates escaped. A-G Liz Murrill says Instead of reporting the inmate, Williams turned the water off as directed, allowing the inmates to carry out their scheme to successfully escape.

The 2025 Louisiana Survey, which is conducted by LSU, finds that majorities of both Republicans and Democrats say the state income and sales taxes are too high. Louisiana’s state income tax was lowered at the start of the year, while the state sales tax rose to five percent. Louisiana Survey Director Michael Henderson….

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The survey shows that while citizens want lower taxes, they would like to see more money spent on roads and they support funding for educational expenses for families and higher pay for school teachers.

The University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors has named Carrie Castille as the tenth president of the University of Louisiana Monroe. She is the first female president in the university’s nearly 94-year history. Castille says she will work hard to provide the best education experience and opportunity for ULM students…

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It’s been announced Former President Joe Biden has an aggressive form of prostate cancer and it has spread to his bones. LSU Health Shreveport Professor of Urology, Doctor Kevin Hebert says the 82-year-old’s doctors say the cancer is hormone-sensitive, allowing for effective management, but it’s not curable once it spreads to the bones…

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