WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: A federal grand jury in Lafayette, Louisiana, returned an indictment today charging a former Louisiana Assistant District Attorney with conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, using his cell phone in furtherance of bribery, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and obstruction of justice. According to court documents, Gary Haynes, 66, of Lafayette, conspired with Dusty Guidry, Leonard Fr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release: The Internal Revenue Service has appointed 10 new members to the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee or ETAAC. Founded by statute in 1998, the ETAAC serves as a public forum for discussing electronic tax administration issues. Initially, the committee's main objective was to encourage paperless filing of tax and information returns. However, its focus has broad  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release: The Internal Revenue Service announced today tax relief for individuals and businesses in the entire state of Louisiana, affected by Tropical Storm Francine that began on Sept. 10, 2024. These taxpayers now have until Feb. 3, 2025, to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments. The IRS is offering relief to any area designated by the Fed  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: A federal grand jury in Lafayette, Louisiana, returned an indictment today charging a Louisiana doctor for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare of over $32.7 million by submitting claims for medically unnecessary definitive urine drug testing services. According to court documents, Michael W. Dole, MD, 59, of Alexandria, owned and operated a pain management practice located in Alexan  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 19 -- Gov. Jeff Landry, R-Louisiana, issued the following news on Sept. 18, 2024: Today, Governor Jeff Landry applauded the City Council of New Orleans for securing matching funds to support the new $34 million West Power Complex for the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO). One of the major issues identified in Governor Landry's Task Force was the lack of redundancy concerning SWBNO electrical power. Frequent boil water advisories and major flash flood  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Lafayette, Louisiana returned an indictment today charging a Louisiana doctor for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare of over $32.7 million by submitting claims for medically unnecessary definitive urine drug testing services. According to court documents, Michael W. Dole, M.D., 59, of Alexandria, owned and operated a pain mana  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Lafayette, Louisiana returned an indictment today charging a former Louisiana Assistant District Attorney with conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, using his cell phone in furtherance of bribery, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and obstruction of justice. According to court documents, Gary Haynes, 66, of Lafayette, conspired  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana issued the following news release: United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that a federal jury returned a guilty verdict late yesterday evening against Huey P. Scott, Jr., 63, of Many, Louisiana, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The jury acquitted Scott of one count of possession of firearms during a drug trafficking offense and one count of receipt or poss  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2024: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that REHA JANEE ARVIE, ("ARVIE"), age 33, of Westwego, LA, was indicted on September 6, 2024 for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud (Count1), in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349; Mail Fraud (Counts 2 and 3), in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1341  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 18 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a comment letter that asks the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain a federal legal block on California's Advanced Clean Fleets regulation. The regulation attempts to impose an electric-truck mandate on fleet owners, operators, and manufacturers--including trucking companies that drive one truck for as little as one day per   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 18 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: Certain members of the media, political organizations and candidates, and pro-abortion organizations have attempted to sow confusion and doubt regarding our laws to further their own financial and/or political agendas. These organizations profit from misinformation they perpetuate. To address this directly, Attorney General Liz Murrill has issued the following statement: During the 2024 Regul  more