Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries chief resigns amid bribery scandal  

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Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Jack Montoucet resigned today amid a bribery scandal in which federal prosecutors have implicated him in a kickback scheme, USA Today Network reports.  Gov. John Bel Edwards accepted Montoucet’s resignation without comment and named LDWF Deputy Secretary Rob Shadoin the agency’s new secretary. Montoucet, 75, was appointed by Edwards in

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