3 charged in New Orleans for illegal voting in 2024 electionFederal prosecutors in New Orleans have charged three people with voting illegally in the 2024 federal election, part of President Donald Trump’s push to stamp out what he has described as rampant voting by noncitizens. All three defendants were living in the country legally as green card holders when they allegedly cast the votes, the Justice Department…Baton Rouge Advocate1d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticevoting fraud charges
Honduras man in Lake Charles arrested for illegal entranceUnited States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. sentenced Honduras 42-year-old David Joel Hernandez-Sanchez to 30 months in federal prison for “Illegal re-entry of a Removed Alien” on Sept. 24, according to a news release from Western District of the Louisiana U.S. Attorney's Office.Baton Rouge Advocate1d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticeillegal re entry sentencing
Opinion: Scalise may be right - this Congress is productivePlenty of critics have said this Congress has been unproductive. In a recent post to social media, Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana, pointed to numerous examples of what the House has accomplished.Baton Rouge Advocate3d agoWhole story →GovernmentCultureS 283S 759congress productivity debate
Federal prosecutor hired for Baton Rouge corruption casesLouisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office has a hired John Luke Walker, a former federal prosecutor out of the U.S. Attorney’s office in Lafayette to lead the state’s cases against LaMont Cole, Cleve Dunn Jr. and other Baton Rouge officials.Baton Rouge Advocate5d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticebaton rouge corruption cases
Guest Column: Don’t abandon City Hall; refurbish itThree mayors in a row proposed moving New Orleans’ City Hall, which is nearly 70 years old and clearly a bit run down. Current Mayor Helena Moreno, though, has the better idea: Keep the existing building, but renovate and refurbish it. Its current location is very good, and its structure is sound.Baton Rouge Advocate5d agoWhole story →BuildHelena Morenonew orleans city hall renovation
Two St. Tammany brothers accused of helping Hamas by fedsFederal authorities accused two brothers living in Louisiana of using social media to raise thousands of dollars for Hamas, the Palestinian militant group responsible for the October 2023 attack on Israel, newly unsealed court records show.Baton Rouge Advocate6d agoWhole story →JusticeCulturehamas funding arrests
New Orleans judge sought criminal charges against TV stationA New Orleans criminal court judge asked police to criminally investigate WWL-TV after the station reported that the judge’s ex-fiancé transferred a $765,000 home to her ownership while he was negotiating a federal plea deal, records show.Baton Rouge Advocate6d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticejudge seeks criminal charges
