There are several lawmakers pleased that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana will not move forward with a proposed sale to Elevance Health. Shreveport Senator Thomas Pressly says Elevance does not have have a good reputation in other states…
cut 11 (10) “….in Georgia’
Elevance says it can deliver better technology and better health outcomes to Louisiana patients.

A special session on crime begins next week and Hammond Representative Nicholas Muscarello has filed a bill that could result in Louisiana executing death row inmates again. Obtaining the drugs to carry out a lethal injection has been a problem, because the makers of those drugs do not want to be publicly identified. Muscraello says his House Bill Six addresses that…
cut 8 (13) “…as well”

Governor Landry did not include a permanent teacher pay hike in his proposed budget. And educators are not happy.
Cut 1 (34) “…I’m Teiko Foxx.”

According to Madison Trust Company, the Monroe area has the highest percentage of house holds living below the poverty level at nearly 42-percent. Lafayette is ranked ninth at 36-percent, Shreveport-Bossier City is ranked 14th at 35-percent and Hammond is 19th at 34-percent.