 BY DEANNA B. NARVESON | Staff writer More questions: The state-contracted company accused of giving a Louisiana official $780,000 to buy a house lacked adequate oversight by the Office of Conservation, a new report from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor has found. The Office had tasked the Louisiana Oilfield Restoration Association, or LORA, with plugging "orphan" oil and gas wells in exchange for collecting fees from oil and gas well operators. If those operators went out of business and abandoned a well, LORA would then be responsible for plugging it. Read more about what the audit found from statehouse reporter Meghan Friedmann.
Legislative session: State legislators will go into their third special session this year beginning on Nov. 6, Gov. Jeff Landry formally informed the lawmakers on Sunday. Here's the latest.
Rainy 31st: Some trick-or-treaters could see rain on Halloween night Thursday in Baton Rouge. Read more. | 
