Christopher Cartwright

3 days ago | theadvocate.com | Christopher Cartwright

A former employee of the Louisiana Workforce Commission admitted to stealing at least $200,000 in federal COVID assistance by making changes to the unemployment accounts of about 40 people. Paris Haynes, 28, of Baton Rouge, pleaded guilty Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana to one count of wire fraud. According to the plea agreement, Haynes worked for the Louisiana Workforce Commission as a customer service representative between April 2020 and March 2021.

4 days ago | theadvocate.com | Christopher Cartwright

Three months ago, President Donald Trump stepped up to a lectern in the White House and announced a $5.8 billion Hyundai investment in Ascension Parish. Flanked by Louisiana officials, including Gov. Jeff Landry and Parish President Clint Cointment, the announcement followed months of work and an October trip by officials to South Korea.

5 days ago | theadvocate.com | Christopher Cartwright

Industrial gases and engineering company Linde on Monday announced plans to build a $400 million air separation unit on the Ascension Parish's west bank. The unit will be the largest in the Mississippi River corridor and will supply oxygen and nitrogen to the proposed CF Industries "Blue Point" ammonia production facility, according to an announcement from Louisiana Economic Development. LED said the Linde unit will 15 direct new jobs.

6 days ago | theadvocate.com | Christopher Cartwright

Roughly 10 minutes north of Donaldsonville lies the community of Modeste, a collection of ancient plantations and unassuming roads branching off La. 405. One of those roads is Wilma Lane, a street enclosed by thick vegetation. Most cars pass through the community without a second glance, or skip La. 405 entirely for the more direct La. 1. Further down Wilma Lane — around a bend — stands a two-story house, its yard framed by cane fields and the St. Philip Baptist Church cemetery.

1 week ago | theadvocate.com | Christopher Cartwright

CF Industries has reached a settlement in a lawsuit with a former employee who said the company didn't give her job back when she returned from deployment with the U.S. Army. Brought by Army reservist Crystal Haynes, the lawsuit alleged CF Industries and TRS Staffing Solutions, a global recruitment agency, violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act (USERRA). She sought compensation for lost wages, benefits and attorney fees.