Louisiana seniors on the Medicare Advantage plan can rest easier, knowing that federal funding is getting a significant bump for 2027. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had originally proposed a funding increase of just nine-hundredths of one-percent. Darren Grubb with the advocacy group Medicare Advantage Majority says CMS eventually agreed to an increase of nearly two and a half percent.
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The Louisiana Senate approves legislation that would allow local governments to hold a vote to see if their residents want to have fluoride removed from their drinking water. While health experts say it’s safe, the bill’s author, Mike Fesi, says research keeps coming out on how fluoride impacts your body, including parts of your brain.
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The Louisiana Wildlife Federation is urging you to turn off all unnecessary lights at night from now through the end of May. Board member Charles Williams, who founded the Lights Out Louisiana initiative, says excessive lighting can be very harmful to migrating birds.
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LSU baseball is getting more revenue share dollars next season. In an interview with Tiger Rag Magazine in February, Head Coach Jay Johnson expressed concern that not enough financial resources were being put into the program. Athletic Director Verge Ausberry tells ESPN Radio Baton Rouge they want to make sure Johnson has what he needs to win.