The Advocate
Coverage of The Advocate in the Nexus archive.
- East Baton Rouge Schools Superintendent LaMont Cole indicted
East Baton Rouge Parish School System Superintendent LaMont Cole has been indicted on felony charges. The information is reported by The Advocate.
- Report: Investigation into Superintendent LaMont Cole connected to corruption probe
LaMont Cole, the EBR Schools leader, is under investigation linked to a Baton Rouge government corruption probe, according to The Advocate's report citing multiple sources.
- Gov. Jeff Landry and legislators are hypocrites
The article accuses Gov. Jeff Landry and the Louisiana Legislature of hypocrisy for demanding school districts cut budgets to address a $168 million shortfall while failing to address waste in their own $47 billion state budget. It criticizes their initial push for a constitutional amendment to fund current expenditures without eliminating waste and highlights Landry's veto of a bill to increase compensation for wrongfully convicted individuals.
- Report: Central pastor Tony Spell arrested on battery charge
Central pastor Tony Spell was arrested Tuesday on a second-degree battery charge, according to the Advocate report.