As Louisiana remembers the anniversaries of Hurricane Katrina and Laura this week, residents and officials reflect on the resilience shown in the face of such disasters. Sean Richardson has more.
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Nearly 43-thousand Louisiana seniors on Medicare prescription drug plans stand to save a lot of money starting next year. We hear more from Andrew Greenstein.
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LSU star offensive tackle Will Campbell has made his intentions known on what he’ll do when he gets to Las Vegas for Sunday’s game against USC. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The anniversaries of hurricanes Katrina and Laura mark significant moments of reflection for Louisiana, commemorating two of the most destructive storms in U-S history. Hurricane Katrina, which struck on August 29, 2005, devastated New Orleans leading to 1,833 deaths and widespread destruction due to catastrophic levee failures. Greater New Orleans Inc. president Michael Hecht says Katrina exposed deep flaws in the region’s infrastructure and emergency response, leading to a long and difficult recovery.
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In the years since Katrina, Hecht says New Orleans has undergone extensive rebuilding efforts, with improvements to the levee system and flood defenses.
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Fifteen years later, on August 27, 2020, Hurricane Laura hit Louisiana as a Category 4 storm, bringing 150 mph winds and massive destruction, particularly in Lake Charles and surrounding areas. Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter says the affected communities have worked tirelessly to rebuild, though the recovery has been slow…
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Laura caused billions of dollars in damage and claimed at least 30 lives and though the recovery is slow he is hopeful. Hunter says there is still work to be done…
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Nearly 43-thousand Louisiana seniors on Medicare prescription drug plans stand to save a lot of money starting next year. Andrew Muhl, the director of advocacy for AARP Louisiana, says that’s because a new out-of-pocket prescription drug cap contained in the Inflation Reduction Act goes into effect January 1st.
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Muhl says that annual two-thousand-dollar out-of-pocket cap will save Medicare recipients a lot of money.
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Muhl says this new cap will be very beneficial, since certain life-saving drugs can be very expensive.
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Even for those patients whose prescription drug costs are less than two-thousand dollars annually, they can still benefit since the law allows the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to negotiate lower drug prices in general.
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As we reported earlier this week, the State of Louisiana is set to hold its first Black Bear hunt since 1987 — and today, licensed hunters can start applying for one of ten permits that will be awarded. Secretary of Wildlife and Fisheries Madison Sheahan says there is a fee to apply.
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There are three types of permits to be awarded — Wildlife Management Area tags, private landowner tags and general public tags.
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The lucky ten selected will need to go through a training course either on November 2nd or November 14th. The hunt will take place December 7th through the 22nd in Bear Management Area 4 in northeast Louisiana, which includes Tensas, Madison, East Carroll and West Carroll parishes.
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If you’re due a refund on your state taxes, you have until September 6th to claim the money before it goes into the Unclaimed Property Division of the state treasurer’s office. Byron Henderson with the Department of Revenue says there’s a lot of outstanding refunds to be claimed.
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Henderson says the office has sent notice of unclaimed property letters to more than 18-thousand individual and business taxpayers.
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Henderson says it’s important to note that money unclaimed by the deadline is NOT forfeited.
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If you received a notice of unclaimed property, there’s a link on the state Department of Revenue’s website that you can go to to provide the requested information, or you can complete the attached voucher and mail it in.
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College football has a new 12-team playoff this season, but there are many analysts who do not see the LSU Tigers among the 12 teams who will play in the expanded postseason tournament. Offensive tackle Will Campbell says they will be begin to prove the doubters wrong on Sunday when they take on USC…
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Campbell is entering his third season as the starter at left tackle and will block for a new quarterback in Garrett Nussmeier. The Monroe native has all the confidence in the world in Nuss…
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LSU has lost its last four season openers. Campbell says it’s time to end that streak…
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A new era of ULM football begins tonight as the Warhawks host Jackson State to begin Bryant Vincent era. Vincent will look to rebuild a program that has not reached a bowl game since 2012. He says it’s time to start winning football games in Monroe…
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Vincent wants to see a packed Malone Stadium tonight. Oklahoma transfer General Booty will start at quarterback. The redshirt junior was a three-star recruit out of high school and attended Tyler Junior College before joining the Sooners. Vincent has been impressed with his consistency and football IQ…
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