THE INVESTIGATORS: State Treasurer weighs in on the thousands of items the state has misplaced THE INVESTIGATORS: State Treasurer weighs in on the thousands of items the state has misplaced By Scottie Hunter | May 18, 2021 at 6:08 PM CDT - Updated May 18 at 8:02 PM BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - From a $1,400 vacuum cleaner to a total home fitness gym or even an upright bike, taxpayers have bought a lot for the state of Louisiana over the last five years. According to the state’s inventory list, they can’t find a lot of it. In fact, 9,926 items that taxpayer money paid for are still missing at agencies across Louisiana. The items cost more than $26 million since 2016.