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Wardlaw investigated all four terms of [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]]. In the third nonconsecutive term in 1984 Edwards and his brother, Marion Edwards, were indicted on federal charges dealing with the licensure of hospitals and nursing homes. The Edwards brothers were acquitted in a second trial after a hung jury develped in the first case.<ref name=whlynch/> Though Edwards had often cited "that lyin' Jack Wardlaw" for Wardlaw's coverage and critical columns, upon Wardlaw's death, Edwards said, "He was a gentleman. As a journalist, he was very effective and very fair. He called things like he saw them."<ref name=bio/> Wardlaw also covered the 1973 Louisiana Constitutional Convention and the other governors of the era, [[Republican Party|Republican]]s [[David C. Treen]], [[Buddy Roemer]], and [[Mike Foster|Murphy James "Mike" Foster, Jr.]]<ref name=bio/>
Wardlaw investigated all four terms of [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]]. In the third nonconsecutive term in 1984 Edwards and his brother, Marion Edwards, were indicted on federal charges dealing with the licensure of hospitals and nursing homes. The Edwards brothers were acquitted in a second trial after a hung jury develped in the first case.<ref name=whlynch/> Though Edwards had often cited "that lyin' Jack Wardlaw" for Wardlaw's coverage and critical columns, upon Wardlaw's death, Edwards said, "He was a gentleman. As a journalist, he was very effective and very fair. He called things like he saw them."<ref name=bio/> Wardlaw also covered the 1973 Louisiana Constitutional Convention and the other governors of the era, [[Republican Party|Republican]]s [[David C. Treen]], [[Buddy Roemer]], and [[Mike Foster|Murphy James "Mike" Foster, Jr.]]<ref name=bio/>
Wardlaw's colleagues included well-known state journalists Iris Kelso and William Hawthorn Lynch, who in 1988 was appointed by Governor Roemer as the first ever state inspector general.<ref name=whlynch>''New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' February 16, 2004.</ref>
Wardlaw's colleagues included well-known state journalists Iris Kelso and [[William Hawthorn Lynch]], who in 1988 was appointed by Governor Roemer as the first ever state inspector general.<ref name=whlynch>''New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' February 16, 2004.</ref>
==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==