Calling it the right thing to do for Louisiana, Governor John Bel Edwards announced that the enrollment period for Louisiana’s expanded Medicaid program will begin June 1st. Edwards says over 300-thousand people will benefit from the government paid for insurance. He says the expansion will also save the state much needed dollars…
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The Medicaid expansion will cover more working poor individuals and the coverage will kick in on July 1st.

Governor Edwards is interviewing with producers of the HBO series “Vice” who is examing the rising cost of higher education for students. Edward’s press secretary, Shauna Sanford, this is an issue that’s important to the governor…
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The show will air in mid-June.

Talk of uncommitted delegates choosing Ted Cruz instead of Donald Trump for president is not true according to one of the members who said he has yet to make up his mind. Michelle Southern reports…:
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On this tax day, the Department of Revenue announces a Lafayette used car dealer has been arrested for tax fraud. Investigators say the owner of LA Auto Sales, Larry Dwayne Brown, underreported the sale price of dozen of vehicles, remitted too little sales tax and pocked the difference. It’s alleged he defrauded the state an estimated 20-thousand dollars.