President Barack Obama held a town hall style meeting today at McKinley High School in the Capital City. The President’s visit is part of his annual tour following the State of the Union Address. Mr. Obama congratulated Governor John Bel Edwards on expanding Medicaid in Louisiana.

CUT 6 (12) “state’s finances”

Parks Senator Fred Mills has been named chairman of the state Senate Health and Welfare Committee. Mills says the committee’s main goal is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Louisiana. Opponents of Medicaid expansion say it could make the state’s fiscal problems worse than they are now. Mills is confident the legislature will do what’s best for the state…

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New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson has been ordered by a Texas judge to give a deposition in the court battle over the family trust.  Legal analyst Tim Meche says this is an important ruling because the family claims Benson is being manipulated by those around him. He says the biggest problem in this case for Benson is that he created an irrevocable trust…

cut 12 (09) “can’t undo it”

A rare hurricane has formed in the Atlantic Ocean in January for the first time since 1938. State Climatologist Barry Alex is only the fourth named storm to form during this month in the Atlantic and the second hurricane to form in January in this ocean since 1851, when record keeping began.

cut 15 (10)  “very rare”