The Republican Governor’s Association, of which Gov. Bobby Jindal is on the four-member executive board, called for New York Gov. Elliott Spitzer to resign because of his associations with a prostitute in Washington, D.C. Read More and Discuss

Due to mistakes by the Louisiana GOP, hundreds of voters were forced to file provisional ballots, including nearly 500 that could change the outcome of the election. According to party officials, caucus locations relied on a voter list from November 1, 2007 despite the fact that under caucus rules, voters must have registered Republican by November 30, 2007. The Louisiana… Read More and Discuss

Businessman Burnell Moliere pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to charges that he helped former Orleans Parish School Board President Ellenese Brooks-Simms tap at least $40,000 in kickbacks in connection with a school curriculum contract. Read More and Discuss

BATON ROUGE—A program to eliminate boll weevils from Louisiana’s cotton fields is about $4 million short after former Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom tied up the department’s insect eradication money in loans for a sugar mill and other building projects unrelated to pest control, his successor said Tuesday. Read More and Discuss

ALEXANDRIA, VA.—U.S. Rep. William Jefferson accused FBI agents Thursday of lying in court and yelling at him during what he said was a hostile interrogation in his New Orleans home in August 2005. Read More and Discuss

Congressman admits receiving $100,000, $90,000 was in freezer Read More and Discuss

NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu is facing questions over a $2 million education earmark she authored in 2001 that benefited a Texas company whose executives and associates gave her $30,000 in campaign contributions. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON — A Washington watchdog has filed a complaint against Louisiana Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, suggesting she may have traded her influence on a specific earmark for $30,000 in campaign contributions. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON — When the FBI interviewed U.S. Rep. William Jefferson for two hours before the August 2005 search of his home, the New Orleans Democrat mentioned a name the agents didn’t recognize: Jim Creaghan. Read More and Discuss

BATON ROUGE — Former state Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley faces state ethics charges for going on hunting and fishing trips as the guest of a private insurance consultant. Read More and Discuss

Former state Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley and four other officials face state ethics charges for going on hunting and fishing trips as the guests of a private insurance consultant. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON—When the FBI came calling at Rep. William Jefferson’s house, they didn’t bring a battering ram. They didn’t need to. He opened the door right up and, according to the agents, welcomed them inside. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON—He is a former aide to the late Sen. Russell Long, D-La., who became an energy lobbyist. She is a Florida businesswoman who has invested in a number of struggling businesses with potential for big profits. Read More and Discuss

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Justice Department has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a lower court decision that said the agency overstepped its constitutional bounds by raiding the congressional office of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson. Read More and Discuss

A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that the St. Tammany Sheriff’s Office did not give an employee proper notice under a U.S. labor law in 2003 and therefore it acted illegally when it subsequently transferred her to a lesser post. Read More and Discuss

The Louisiana Board of Ethics voted Thursday to subpoena three of the Legislature’s top leaders to testify in a case alleging unethical conduct on the part of a legislative staffer. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON—Attorneys for Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, are trying to block a former Democratic congressman who also served as a judge from testifying at Jefferson’s public corruption trial. Read More and Discuss

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP)—A federal judge Friday rejected an effort by a Louisiana congressman charged with taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to move his trial out of northern Virginia. Read More and Discuss

Sweeping changes — not baby steps — are needed in state ethics laws to show Louisiana is serious about shedding a corrupt image that hampers economic development, a top business leader said Thursday. “It needs to be dramatic,” LA Ethics 1 official Stephen Moret told Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal’s ethics advisers. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON—Bribery has been around as long as politics, but recent provocative legal challenges have prompted Congress to look at rewriting the laws to spell out more clearly what it means to be on the take. Read More and Discuss

The group’s mailing address is 14241 Coursey Blvd., Suite A-12, No. 165 — a mailbox at a UPS Store. Read More and Discuss

BATON ROUGE- Unsuccessful insurance commissioner candidate DeAnne Henke won a battle over the Board of Ethics’ computerized campaign finance reporting glitch, but she still has to pay court costs and a possible $2,500 fine for ignoring another filing deadline. Read More and Discuss

Unlike other ethics boards, Louisiana’s does not keep track of the complaints it receives. It also won’t reveal details about a complaint or investigation and has not made a case referral to the state Attorney General in the last five years, an investigation by The (Shreveport) Times has found. Read More and Discuss

Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal warned Wednesday he won’t tolerate lawmakers who oppose the legal changes he plans to propose to change the state’s “climate of corruption.” Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON—Bowing to pressure, Sen. David Vitter, R-La., has backed off an attempt to steer $100,000 in taxpayer money to a Louisiana Christian group that supports teaching religious and alternative theories of creation alongside evolution in science classrooms. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON—In addition to a federal indictment hanging over his head, Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, continues to carry a heavy campaign debt, records show. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON—Pressing his case to move his trial, U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, argued Monday that he is the only congressman in the past 30 years to be prosecuted outside Washington or his home state. Read More and Discuss

The Louisiana Board of Ethics voted Thursday to drop charges against Republican legislative leader Jim Tucker involving allegations he improperly received housing tax credits through a hurricane recovery program. Read More and Discuss

An audit that unearthed $1 million in questionable travel and entertainment expenses at Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and two other affiliated agencies generated more questions than answers Thursday and left some Citizens board members spoiling for a fight. Read More and Discuss

Four years ago, state Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom easily won a seventh term despite criminal charges pending against him. Read More and Discuss

BATON ROUGE—The legislative panel that oversees enforcement of state audits voted Wednesday to subpoena past and present officials of three state-affiliated insurance agencies to testify about a recently released audit that alleged more than $1 million was misspent on travel, entertainment and meals. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON—With 172,000 pages of paper records in hand, plus thousands of additional pages expected to be generated from computer files and about 2,000 secretly recorded conversations, attorneys for Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, say that the volume of materials provided by prosecutors “threatens defense counsel’s ability” to prepare by the scheduled Jan. 16 trial date. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., has given attorneys for Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, until Oct. 9 to file a legal brief responding to the government’s efforts to overturn the court’s ruling in August that an FBI raid of the congressman’s office was unconstitutional. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors asked for bank records of a Southern University professor about a year ago as part of their investigation into U.S. Rep. William Jefferson. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Justice Department has named 11 unindicted “co-conspirators” in the case against Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, including the congressman’s wife and brother and the former vice president of Nigeria. The information is contained in a letter from prosecutor Mark Lytle to Jefferson’s attorney, Robert Trout. The letter was made public last week when attorneys for Jefferson included the… Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. William Jefferson accused the Justice Department of bringing corruption charges against him in Virginia to reduce the chance of drawing black jurors. Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat who has been charged in an international bribery case, made the argument Friday in federal court documents seeking to move the case to Washington. “The court has an obligation to… Read More and Discuss