A legislative hearing takes place this morning as lawmakers want to learn more about the Louisiana Department of Health’s decision not to renew UnitedHealthCare’s Medicaid contract…
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That’s Senate Insurance Chairman Kirk Talbot who says the decision not to renew with United Health Care means that 333-thousand Medicaid recpients will have a new insurance provider on January 1st.
LSU AgCenter entomologists are looking to rebuild the firefly population. Aaron Ashbrook says kids love chasing fireflies and so do adults…
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Ashbrook says they planted native plants in the Town of Jean Lafitte in Jefferson Parish that mimics the environment fireflies would have lived in before human encroachment.
A state lawmaker raises concerns about the organizational changes made with the LSU System and what it means for the future of LSU Health Shreveport. Andre Champagne has the story.
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The FBI has arrested a man in New Iberia that federal authorities say was involved in an extremist group that was planning a series of New Year’s Eve attacks in southern California. FBI director Kash Patel says the Louisiana arrestee was part of a pro-Palestinian anti-government organization.