Attorney General

BAKER, La. (AP) — The Baker City Council has voted to seek an attorney general's opinion on the validity of key city appointments Mayor Harold Rideau made last month with the concurrence of outgoing council members. The Advocate reports (http://bit...

U.S. Senator David Vitter has thrown his support behind fellow Repubican Attorney General Buddy Caldwell in his re-election bid.

Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell says three former employees of a Rayville personal care services agency have been booked with Medicaid fraud.

A Medicaid fraud investigation has resulted in the arrest of 51 people in Louisiana.

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says a Louisiana federal judge should correct deficiencies in the claims process related to the $20 billion victims compensation fund run by Ken Feinberg.