Two counts of second degree murder charges have been leveled at 23 year old Kenneth Gleason in the shooting deaths of a pair of black men in Baton Rouge.  Michelle Southern reports….

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Governor John Bel Edwards says he can’t support Senator Bill Cassidy’s legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Edwards says his primary objection is the elimination of the Medicaid expansion program in 2020, which has provided health insurance to 430-thousand working individuals. Cassidy says the Edwards administration’s concerns are unfounded.

Senator Bill Cassidy’s bill to issue block grants to states as an alternative to the Affordable Care Act has support from Louisiana’s junior senator.  Republican John Kennedy not only wants to vote for the legislation but he plans to propose an amendment to prevent states from accepting block grants to establish a single payer health insurance system.  Kennedy says he would prefer to have private insurance companies provide coverage that could help lower healthcare costs.

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The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services has received a grant to hire more child welfare workers.  DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters says her staff has decreased by 600 employees over the last 10 years and this grant will help find solutions to the increased rate of turnover

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