Courts h judge suspended over ‘$100 handshake’ faces 4 new ethics counts. What happened? BY JOHN SIMERMAN | Staff writer Updated Jun 5, 2026 When the h Supreme Court suspended a state judge last month for 20 days for accepting a “$100 handshake” from a local resident, the high court called the misconduct “a single isolated incident that nevertheless seriously tainted the integrity and reputation of the judiciary.”
Opinion BY JAMES GILL | Contributing writer Updated Nov 27, 2024 Gray Sexton spoke the truth last week when he said Robert Marionneaux had emerged from the affair with his “reputation intact.”
News Audit: Assumption clerk of court hired family to deliver Bayou Corne sinkhole lawsuit files BY DAVID J. MITCHELL | dmitchell@theadvocate.com Jan 22, 2019 Assumption Parish Clerk of Court Darlene Landry may have broken state ethics laws by granting file delivery contracts that paid her daughter a…
+3 News Ascension subdivision with ties to councilwoman gets backing despite narrow access highway BY DAVID J. MITCHELL | dmitchell@theadvocate.com May 9, 2018 GONZALES — A sharply divided Ascension Parish Planning Commission has cleared the way for a controversial 172-home subdivision in Prairieville…
+2 State Politics Gov. John Bel Edwards responds to allegations against Johnny Anderson, Mike Edmonson BY ELIZABETH CRISP | ecrisp@theadvocate.com Dec 20, 2017 Gov. John Bel Edwards says he never had reason to suspect that a former top aide would face allegations of sexual harassment, despite similar …
Elections Treasurer candidate: Trouble filing report due to paralysis Associated Press Oct 18, 2017 The Democrat vying to be h's next treasurer is asking the state ethics board to waive a $2,100 fine for not filing his campaign financ…
St Tammany Panel holds 7-hour hearing on ethics charges against Mandeville mayor BY SARA PAGONES | spagones@theadvocate.com Sep 21, 2017 Mandeville Mayor Donald Villere's 2010 race against Trilby Lenfant, which he won by three votes, has been the subject of controversy ever sinc…
Legislature Lawmaker wants ethics exemption to allow Bill Cassidy to work at state hospitals BY REBEKAH ALLEN | rallen@theadvocate.com Apr 19, 2017 A state bill tailored to exempt U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy and U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham from dual employment restrictions and allow them to work fo…
Our Views Our Views: PSC, utilities ought to go Dutch ADVOCATE EDITORIAL Apr 1, 2017 The coziness between regulators and the regulated was once a way of life at the Public Service Commission, and we hope members have not forgot…
James Gill James Gill: A committed freeloader joins the Public Service Commission By James Gill Mar 19, 2017 Until about nine years ago, a venal or incompetent politician in Louisian had an obvious comeback. “At least,” he might say, “I am not a Publ…