President Barack Obama is expected to talk about health care, jobs and early childhood education this morning at McKinley High School in Baton Rouge. New Orleans Congressman Cedric Richmond says Obama will address the expansion of Medicaid in Louisiana and the importance of covering working individuals who typically wouldn’t qualify…

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This is the 10th time Obama has visited the Bayou State since becoming President.

Louisiana is the worst state in the country according to a report by Politico Magazine. The findings come from factors like education, health, crime, and employment. Deputy Editor Margaret Slattery says Louisiana was second to last in 2015…

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New Hampshire was ranked as the best state by Politico.

Governor John Bel Edwards is confident the rising Mississippi River will be contained within the state’s levee system. He praised the work of the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Louisiana National Guard in keeping the flood threat at bay. Edwards says lessons learned during the Great Flood of 2011 are really paying off now…

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Edwards took an aerial tour of the levee system from Vidalia to Morgan City yesterday.

Lafayette theater shooter John Russell Houser’s journal has been released. It seems to be a collection of random thoughts and offers few clues on why Houser went on the shooting rampage in July. UL-Lafayette Criminal Justice instructor Paula Broussard says the writings of Houser show that he suffered from some mental issues…

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She says Houser’s journal is similar to what is found in a lot of mass murders’ communications.