Senator Bill Cassidy says a CDC panel acted irresponsibly in removing the universal recommendation for the Hepatitis B vaccine at birth. Cassidy says because the vaccine had been recommended, insurance providers had covered it. But with the change in recommendation, that’s now in limbo.
Global technology company SLB will expand its operations in Shreveport, resulting in hundreds of new jobs. Paige Carter, the chief development officer for the Louisiana Department of Economic Development, says SLB could have expanded anywhere, but it chose northwest Louisiana.
LSU interim head coach Frank Wilson will coach the Tigers in the Texas Bowl, but his future with the team is uncertain afterwards. Andre Champagne has the story…
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Judges throughout the state could be seeing a little extra dough in their paychecks. A state government panel has recommended that the legislature increase judges’ salaries by just over 25-thousand dollars a year for district judges, by more than 29-thousand for appellate judges and by more than 27-thousand for Supreme Court justices.