A new state law that went into this week requires health insurance plans to cover fertility preservation costs for cancer patients whose treatments could keep them from having a child. Teiko Foxx has more…
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The state’s longest-serving Insurance Commissioner will leave office on Monday after 17 years. When Jim Donelon entered office, the state had some of the most expensive auto insurance rates in the country and despite his best efforts…
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Labor quality remains a big concern for small businesses in 2023. Forty percent of National Federation of Independent Business members say they’ve been unable to fill some positions for a couple of months. Regional NFIB Director Dawn McVea…
Governor John Bel Edwards’ leaves office Monday after two terms as governor. During his eight years, the Edwards administration navigated multiple natural disasters and civil unrest in 2016 following the Baton Rouge police shooting of Alton Sterling. ULM political science professor Pearson Cross says Edwards tenure will be marred most notably by the death of Black motorist Ronald Greene while in State Police custody.