Bourbon Street is known for being party central, and unfortunately also a hotspot for crime. Emelie Gunn has more on the Crescent City’s plan to cut down crime…:
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CC’s Coffee House is planning to triple its number of locations across Louisiana. The company says it plans to have 50 new sites by the end of the year. Director of licensing expansion with CC’s, Mark Verges, says this is a thrilling time…:
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US Senator John Kennedy wants Louisiana Department of Health Secretary Dr. Rebekah Gee to reduce state spending on Medicaid. Kennedy says Medicaid accounts for 41% of this year’s budget, which is why TOPS and other things have been cut…
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Gee says the facts in Kennedy’s letter are just plain wrong and that Medicaid expansion is actually saving the state money…:
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Kennedy’s recommendation to the legislature is to decide how much the state can afford to spend on Medicaid, then ask Gee to work with that.

The Monroe Fire Department announces the hiring of its first female captain. Firefighter Sabrina January was appointed to the position Monday; a level of leadership she says it took 16 years to reach.