The 2017 legislative session ends today. Emelie Gunn looks at what they accomplished…
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Legislators have yet to approve a budget for next fiscal year. Publisher of La-politics-dot-com, Jeremy Alford says House Republican leaders do not want to spend all of the dollars that are available.:
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Lawmakers must complete their work by 6 PM.

The US Inspector General reviewed 225 cases of suspected Medicaid fraud in Louisiana, and the state had a 100% compliance rate. That’s according to Chief of Staff with the Louisiana Department of Health, Andrew Tuozzolo. He credits the use of state-of-the-art software to look for potentially fraudulent billing practices…:
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Louisiana is one of only four states to pass this audit since 2014.

We can expect to see more mosquitos out and about after more than a week of continued rain. LSU AgCenter entomologist Kristen Healy says a lot of rainfall can lead to hatching of so-called flood water mosquitos…:
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Still she says it’s a good idea to protect yourself when outdoors.