Those who rely on state health services went before the Senate Finance Committee today to tell their story on how proposed cuts to health care will impact their way of life. Amy Duplechain of Lafayette receives assistance from the Long Term Care Special Income Level program…
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Finance Chairman Eric LaFleur says an estimated 45-thousand people with disabilities are slated to lose services under the House budget proposal.

A one-month-old and an eight-year-old from Houston were killed in a two-vehicle crash on I-10 in Ascension Parish last night. State Trooper Bryan Lee says 47-year-old Stephen Daigle of Gonzales has been chared with negligent homicide and the children in the other car were not buckled up…
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Lee says eyewitnesses report Daigle drove recklessly moments before the crash.

Starting today, chain restaurants, grocery stores, movie theaters and vending machines are required to display calories counts for the food they sell. Many fast food chains began displaying the caloric information years ago, but LSU Health Sciences Center Doctor Henry Nuss says the jury is out on whether it will have an impact on dietary patterns….
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For a sixth consecutive year, Louisiana has broken a record for the number of tourists. Just over 47-million people visited the state last year, an increase of nearly 500-thousand from the year before. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says direct international flights connecting New Orleans to London and Germany helped boost international visitors and now the goal is to get more tourists from Asia….
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