A person of interest in the two deaths last week of two black men in Baton Rouge is free on bond, but he still faces drug charges. According to Baton Rouge Police, 23 year old Kenneth Gleason was charged with possession of a schedule one substance, marijuana and a schedule three substance, human growth hormone. Sgt. Don Coppola says the circumstances surrounding both shootings are extremely similar.
The separate killings claimed the lives of 59 year old Bruce Cofield as well as 49 year old Donald Smart.
The Louisiana Democratic Party opposes U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy’s and three other Republican lawmakers bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Party Spokesperson D’Seante Parks says this legislation would end the Medicaid expansion, which covers more than 430-thousand Louisiana residents.
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Senator Cassidy’s proposed legislation would give block grant funding to each state if it passes.
According to the U.S. Census data Louisiana’s uninsured rate is 10.3 percent. These were the numbers of uninsured Louisiana residents in 2016. That’s a small decline from 11.9 percent in 2012. The trend comes after Louisiana’s Medicaid program was expanded by Governor John Bel Edwards to offer government-financed health insurance to over 430 thousand low-income adults.
Whether or not charges will be filed in the case of the LSU freshman who died in a possible hazing incident is still a long way from being known. Michelle Southern has the story.
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