After failing for five months on recognizing additional revenues, the Revenue Estimating Conference adopted an income forecast that will give lawmakers an additional 110-million dollars in this year’s budget to spend and another 119-million dollars in next year’s budget. House Speaker Taylor Barras “Yes” vote broke the gridlock
An Opelousas man is in jail suspected of stabbing his mother to death. Detectives arrested 28-year-old Cody James Arceneaux on Monday after receiving 911 calls from a witness inside the home and from the suspect. Deputy Chief Eddie Thibodeaux says an argument quickly escalated into violence.
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The victim has been identified as Vicky Granger.
House Republican lawmakers grilled state health officials about the growing Medicaid budget and whether the state is doing enough to prevent waste or misspending. Baton Rouge Representative Rick Edmonds is concerned the health department’s budget is set to grow by another billion dollars
It was revealed during the hearing that 16-hundred people making at least 100-thousand dollars a year were covered by Medicaid, which is way above the income threshold. But Health Secretary Rebekah Gee says an upgraded computer system should make sure ineligible residents are not receiving taxpayer funded health care