Jim Tucker

The Lawrence County Sheriff's Office arrested a local teacher Tuesday night following allegations of sexual misconduct by an authority figure. Read More

With the state's public retirement system debt increasing $4.8 billion during the past year, state officials said the pension program has to change. Read More

A journalist with roots in Afega, Adrian Stevanon may have been called a "slow learner" by the Samoan Prime Minister – but his piece about Samoa has won him a top award. Read More

The Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center said it is opposed to a plan by a state lawmaker to shift up to $1 billion dollar in federal grants away from programs that create affordable housing. Read More

Federal recovery money that remains unused since hurricanes Katrina and Rita should be spent on blight remediation and infrastructure repairs in New Orleans, House Speaker Jim Tucker said Thursday. Read More

BATON ROUGE, La. House Speaker Jim Tucker says he doesn't expect lawmakers to support sweeping changes to the state's ethics enforcement laws. Read More

BATON ROUGE, La. Gov. Bobby Jindal may run into legislative problems for his plans to roll $128 million in proceeds from Louisiana's tax amnesty program into next year's budget. Read More

BATON ROUGE, La. House Speaker Jim Tucker is proposing that federal hurricane recovery money that remains unused since hurricanes Katrina and Rita be spent on blight remediation and infrastructure repairs in New Orleans. Read More

Aero Inventory, the Aim-quoted aircraft component supplier, has gone into administration with the loss of 135 jobs after its financial backers refused to put up the cash to keep the struggling company afloat. Read More

Share trading was suspended on 26 October and with efforts now being directed at how to stabalise the company. Read More