The personal finance website WalletHub finds Louisiana is the most stressed out state in the nation. Louisiana ranks fifth for percent of adults with fair or poor health and sixth for getting adequate sleep. WalletHub analyst Jill Gonzales says the lack of money can lead to stress and Louisiana ranks high in some catagories.
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Baton Rouge Representative Steve Carter is looking to increase the state gas tax by 18 cents a gallon to help ease traffic and repair state bridges. A past effort by Carter to pass a similar tax failed to even make it to the floor, but the Capital City Republican says he’s heard from lawmakers since then who have changed their mind.
State Attorney General Jeff Landry is promoting legislation in the upcoming session that would guarantee healthcare coverage for pre-existing conditions and other patient projections, if the Affordable Care Act is ruled unconstitutional. Governor Edwards says its ironic Landry is taking credit for fixing a problem he helped create by supporting litigation that endangers health care coverage for almost 850-thousand Louisiana residents. But Landry says the lawsuit gives Louisiana an opportunity to create a better health care system…
Cut 11 (09) “fellow citizens.”
The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services releases a report that finds the number of reported juvenile trafficking victims rose by 20-percent in 2018. Child welfare manager Christy Tate says the report found that Orleans, Caddo and East Baton Rouge were the parishes most frequently identified as the trafficking locations for both adult and juvenile victims. She says that’s not a big surprise…