Governor Jeff Landry says the state is ready to execute death row inmates again. Landry says the Department of Corrections has finalized an updated execution protocol, including procedures for nitrogen hypoxia, which the state legislature approved last year. Political Analyst Bernie Pinsonat says capital punishment has always been a controversial issue
2010 was the last execution in Louisiana.
The Department of Health is launching a pilot program aimed at reducing the unnecessary use of an emergency room by Medicaid recipients. Brigadier General Cindy Haygood says Acadian Health will launch an urgent mobile care unit to patients’ homes for treatment of non-life-threatening medical conditions.
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LDH’s Bureau of Health Services Financing shows that approximately 20% of the state’s Medicaid patients visit local emergency rooms on average 17 times per year.
Lottery registration for the next round of grants the state will hand out to fortify your roof will open tomorrow at 8 AM and close on Sunday at 5 PM. Sean Richardson has more.
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The Louisiana Wildlife Commission is looking at extending this year’s alligator hunting season. Plaquemine Representative Chad Brown is a proponent…
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LDWF is accepting public comment on the proposed longer alligator hunting season.