The Louisiana Department of Insurance has postponed a hearing on the proposed sale of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to Elevance Health. Concerns about the effect on customers have been raised about the two-point-five billion dollar deal. A new hearing date has been set for October 5th and sixth.

Raising Cane’s has donated $125 thousand dollars and 15 percent of all profits made on Thursday to help people impacted by the wildfires in Maui.
Cut 3 (32) “…I’m Teiko Foxx.”

In the last newscast, we heard from two of the three state treasurer candidate on investing taxpayer dollars into companies that have liberal environmental, social and corporate government policies. Republican Scott McKnight opposes the idea, Democrat Dustin Granger calls a ban on ESGs misguided, while Republican John Fleming says says ESG’s are a poor return on investment, but will not rule it out…
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The state department of agriculture and forestry reports more than 135 wildlfires have burned across Louisiana over the past week. There is a statewide burn ban in effect, but South Sabine Fire Chief Douglas Downs says that has not stopped multiple wildfires from breaking out in northwest Louisiana…
cut 8 (09) “….as it is”