The Edwards Administration gives the private operator of two state owned hospitals, BRF,45 days to correct alleged violations of a contract. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says the state spoke with Ochsner Health System, which could help BRF run the hospitals…
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BRF says they anticipate resolving the contract disagreement without being ousted and they’ll use legal action if removed as operator of University Health in Shreveport and University Health Conway in Monroe.

Attorney General Jeff Landry says Lousiaina will receive nearly seven million dollars as part of a multi-state settlement with Mylan, which manufacturers EpiPens. Landry says Mylan knowingly overcharged taxpayers for Epipens dispensed to Medicaid beneficiaries.

Recovery is underway in Calcasieu Parish after Tropical Storm Harvey left major flood damage in some areas. Dick Gremillion, Director of the Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, says they are waiting to see if they will be declared a Federal Disaster Area…:
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He says 800 to a thousand structures there took on water.

Hundreds of cancer patients and survivors are in Washington D.C. to urge Congress to help with the fight against cancer. Louisiana Lead Ambassador with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Amber Stevens…:
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Stevens says they are also asking to raise the funding for cancer research by two billion to 36 billion dollars.