Healthcare is the big issue in Washington this week. Republican Congressman Ralph Abraham of Richland Parish feels federal lawmakers are heading in the right direction of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act….:
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But Democrats feel the GOP plan would cause millions of people to lose coverage, and older Americans see their premiums skyrocket.

Rising sea levels are threatening the western side of Louisiana’s coast, according to a Tulane study. Co-author Torbjorn Tornqvist (Tor-bee-on Torn-quist) says they used data from the Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority to determine how fast the sea level is rising…:
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He says if nothing is done, more than 60-percent of the sites they track in the westernmost coast will go under water.

Three people are dead after a quadruple shooting in Metairie that also sent one person to the hospital, according to cops. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s office says the woman survivor called 911 reporting she had been shot in the head. When deputies arrived on the scene they found two males and a female dead on the scene.

Arrests are anticipated in the case of a Westminster Christian Academy student who hung a noose at the school’s baseball field. St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz says three black boys were arguing with three white boys at the ball field last week when things escalated…:
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Guidroz says fashioning a hangman’s noose is a felony that carries a penalty of a $5-thousand fine and at least a year in jail.