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Long awaited construction repairs to the Jeff Davis Parish Regional Consolidated Jail are finally underway as crews work to mitigate air leaks in the roof system. A jail fence expansion project is also moving forward after final approvals have moved the project out for bid.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is suing the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion. He accuses them of failing to prevent a leak of his tax information to news outlets. The lawsuit was filed in a Florida federal court on Thursday. In 2024, former IRS contractor Charles Edward Littlejohn was sentenced to five years in prison for leaking tax information about Trump and others. Earlier this week, the U.S. Treasury Department cut its contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton, where Littlejohn worked. He was charged and imprisoned for leaking tax information about thousands of wealthy individuals, including Trump.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A groundswell of voices have come to the same conclusion: Kristi Noem must go. Democratic Party leaders, top advocacy organizations and even some of the most centrist lawmakers in Congress are calling for the Homeland Security secretary to step aside after the shooting deaths in Minneapolis of two people who protested deportation policy. It's a defining moment in her tenure at the department. Few Republicans are rising to Noem’s defense. House Democratic leaders said she should be fired or face impeachment proceedings.

The Jeff Davis Parish Tourism Commission has approved replacing its long-running grant program with an expanded sponsorship program designed to improve funding oversight and increase allocation opportunities.

— ExxonMobil has begun transporting and storing carbon dioxide produced at an ammonia manufacturing complex in Louisiana and plans to expand the company’s low carbon solutions business on the Gulf Coast.

(The Center Square) — 'Trump accounts' will launch beginning July 4, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday.