During a Tuesday meeting of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, senators expressed their frustration over approving a state budget that contained a 100-million dollar cut to the Louisiana Department of Health. Franklinton Senator Beth Mizell is alarmed to see LDH is proposing to reduce funding to Our Lady of Angels Hospital in Bogalusa…
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Governor John Bel Edwards is expected to get his line item veto pen out next week which will lead to restoring the funding.

State Treasurer John Schroder is calling on the Louisiana Cash Management Review Board to develop a plan for all state agencies to accept electronic payment options like PayPal and Venmo. Schroder says the state needs to get on board with this technology.
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Schroder says the plan will be presented to the full board within 60 days.

A new CreditCards.com report shows Louisiana has the third highest credit card debt in the country relative to income. Teiko Foxx has more…
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