The Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s office reports the state department of health spent 112-million dollars on Medicaid coverage for nearly 14-thousand adults who did not live in Louisiana. The payments were made from September 2016 to February of this year. State Health Secretary Stephen Russo says it was hard for L-D-H to remove people from the Medicaid rolls during the COVID pandemic, because the feds changed the rules to ensure continued coverage for low-income residents.

To bring attention to his state treasurer campaign and raise funds, Republican Scott McKnight is raffling Taylor Swift concert tickets…
Cut 1 (29) “….I’m Brooke Thorington.”

Gretna Representative Joe Marino officially resigned Monday from his legislative post to begin his appointment as an Ad Hoc Judge in Jefferson Parish. The Independent, who was elected to the legislature in 2016 admits he was under the misconception that it was a part-time gig but quickly found out it’s a full-time job.
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Earlier this year, Marino authored a bill to give lawmakers a pay raise, but the bill failed to make it to the House floor.

We are entering peak hurricane season as the National Hurricane Center is monitoring three named storms. Don Redman with AAA says if you don’t have flood insurance now is the time to get it, also review your current homeowner and flood insurance policies and take inventory of what’s in your home…
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