With unanimous votes all around, the Louisiana Legislature curbed the practice of private corporations spending hundreds of millions in state-backed bond proceeds on construction projects without public scrutiny.
Don “Tuffy” Resweber, president of ARC of St. Martin, and Phil Barras, an ARC client in St. Martinville, were among those testifying before the Louisiana Senate Finance Committee Friday, May 27, just before the committee voted to restore funding to programs, like ARC, supporting adults and children with severe disabilities and the elderly.
A bill designed to rein in freewheeling private facilities corporations who build and maintain state technical school and community college campuses passed the House of Representatives 84-0 Wednesday, May 18.
Secretary of State Tom Schedler, along with registrars of voters across the state, is hosting activities aimed at registering eligible citizens to vote May 9-13.
State District Judge Wilson Fields Monday denied a motion for a new trial in the suit by landman Dan Collins, who was awarded $750,000 for ill treatment by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources after he complained about corruption and environmental damage in a DNR dredging project.