Luke Letlow is Louisiana’s newest congressman as he defeated Lance Harris in an all-Republican runoff on Saturday. The Richland Parish native joins the Republican minority in the Democrat-controlled House…
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Letlow previously served as retiring Ralph Abraham’s chief of staff.
DCF is beginning a three-month process of moving the date when food stamp recipients will receive their benefits. Deputy Assistant Secretary Jean Guinta says instead of all SNAP recipients receiving their benefits in the first two weeks of the month, it will be spread out over the first 23 days. She says the issuance date will begin to shift this month…
According to the 2019 Louisiana Health Insurance Survey, the percentage of uninsured adults was 11-percent, a significant drop from before Medicaid expansion in 2016 when the rate was 23-percent. But Interim Medicaid Executive Director Tara LeBlanc says the survey indicates the uninsured rates for children increased slightly to 4-percent in 2019, compared to 2-percent in 2017. LeBlanc says the nationally the uninsured rate increased among children also.
The survey is conducted every two years.
A Monroe TV station is reporting ULM football Coach Matt Viator has been fired as the Warhawks have lost eleven straight dating back to last season. KNOE-TV sports director Aaron Dietrich says victories have been hard to come by for Viator…