Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana’s proposed sale to Elevance Health is off. UNO Department of Economic and Finances Chair Walter Lane says there was a lot of resistance to the proposed sale because Blue Cross failed to explain why as a non-profit it’s necessary to merge with a for profit company
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This is the second time Blue Cross has decided not to move forward with a merger with Elevance.

Willis Knighton Health is celebrating its 100th birthday. President and CEO Jaf Fielder says the facility was originally known as the Tri-State Sanitarium in 1924. It was a small suburban hospital on the outskirts of Shreveport.
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Catholics, Methodists, Lutherans and Episcopalians are the major religious groups that abstain from eating meat today and Fridays during the Lenten season. Many turn to crawfish during this time of year, but owner Harlon Pearce of Harlon’s L-A Fish in Kenner says mudbugs are expensive because of a low supply…
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For the second year in a row, Ira and Margery Milan of New Orleans are recognized as the state’s longest known married couple. They’ve been married for 82 yards. Louisiana Family Forum President Gene Mills says music has been a major component of their happiness…
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Mills says during their search for the longest known married couple, they found three other couples who have been married for 77 years.