Two groups team up to wipe out 22-million dollars worth of medical debt for some 17-thousand people in the greater Baton Rouge area. Undue Medical Debt bought the debt, and Tristi Charpentier (SHARP-in-tay) with the Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation says the foundation chose the beneficiaries based on certain qualifications.
The Louisiana Department of Economic Development is celebrating the state’s second straight Platinum Deal of the Year. This year, the publication Business Facilities singled out the Hyundai Steel mill in Ascension Parish for its top honor. Secretary Susan Bourgeois says one of the biggest wins with that project was Hyundai building it in Louisiana in the first place.
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Louisiana has become the first state to win two straight Platinum Deal of the Year awards from Business Facilities.
Two years ago today, Governor Jeff Landry officially took office. Jeff Palermo looks back at the first half of his four-term.
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The Louisiana Department of Health says a child has died from the flu. It is not releasing any details about the patient due to privacy concerns. Flu activity is in the very high category in all but two states in the country. The CDC says there are about 11-million flu cases across the country, including about five-thousand deaths.