Rural hospitals across the country are in precarious financial situations and in Louisiana more than one in four are struggling financially, putting them at risk for closure. Tulane Professor of Health Policy and Management Mark Diana says closure isn’t the only risk…
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple is talking about the upcoming regular legislative session, saying he wants to cut down on the number of regulations insurance companies face in Louisiana, so more providers will want to do business here. Temple says he’ll lobby for the end of the three-year rule, which prohibits insurers from dropping a customer they’ve insured for three years…
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Ahead of the upcoming special legislative session, there’s buzz about setting lifetime limits on our state’s top job. As it stands now, a governor can serve two consecutive terms and then must sit out the next election cycle but can run again in four years. Chalmette Republican Representative Mike Bayham’s measure would limit gubernatorial terms to two and no more.
Cut 8 (09) “…for Louisiana?”
State officials are urging residents to be extremely cautious about lighting anything on fire after dry and windy conditions contributed to a record number of wildfires over four days. State Ag and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain says from Friday to Monday there were 124 fires in Louisiana.
Cut 13 (07) “…four-day weekend.”