House Votes to Gut Ethics Board

From the Associated Press: House Bill 41, a measure that would shift the adjudicatory power over ethics charges from the state Ethics Board and put it in the hands of Administrative Law Judges passed the House by a vote of 95-3 and will now go to the Senate for consideration.

Voting against the bill were Rep. Don Cazayoux, D-New Roads, and Reps. Michael Jackson, D-Baton Rouge, and Jack Montoucet, D-Scott.