Ethics board waives fine for Democratic treasurer candidate

BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's ethics board has agreed to waive a $2,100 fine levied on the Democrat competing to be the next state treasurer for not filing his campaign finance report on time.  Derrick Edwards, who is paralyzed from the neck down by a high school football injury, says he had difficulty finding voice-activated software compatible with submitting the finance forms electronically, as required. Edwards says he since has remedied the problem.  Kathlee