Seniors suffered, died amid staff shortage at state office

By Jessica Williams | Capitol News Bureau Editor​ ​ ​

Senior neglect: The Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs is understaffed and underfunded, and vulnerable seniors on its radar are dying, the Legislative Auditor said in a recent report. The office failed to investigate several complaints of elder abuse; as a result, a senior was killed, another died after a foot infection and a third spent days in a freezing home. Andrea Gallo has the story. 

ITEP a go: All seven candidates for governor said Tuesday they'd keep this key reform of the state's manufacturing tax break program, Tyler Bridges reports. Under Gov. John Bel Edwards' changes to ITEP, local governments gained $761 million in tax revenue from 2016-2021. 

'Demoralizing' debt: The 600,000 Louisiana residents who would have benefited from President Joe Biden's loan forgiveness program must figure out what's next after the Supreme Court struck down that program. Saul Pink and James Wilkins report that many residents were banking on the relief.