Republican Retired Air Force Colonel Rob Maness officially announces his bid for Louisiana’s soon to be vacant US Senate seat. Jeff Palermo reports…
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he state health department provides two different scenarios on what could happen if additional revenue is not found to fill the state’s 750-million dollar budget shortfall this year. Michelle Southern has the story…
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The Monroe man who shot a Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Agent has been sentenced to life in prison. Emelie Gunn has more on the sentencing…
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Republican Retired Air Force Colonel Rob Maness officially announces his bid for Louisiana’s soon to be vacant US Senate seat. Maness placed third in 2014′s US Senate primary election behind incumbent Mary Landrieu and eventual winner Bill Cassidy. He says he joined the field to answer a call by the people of the state…
He joins four other Republicans who are seeking Senator David Vitter’s seat. Maness is a 32-year veteran of the Air Force who has never held political office. He says Washington, D.C. will never fix itself from the inside…
He says what sets him apart from the other candidates in this race is that he is a military veteran and not a career politician. Maness says, in order to make true change in Washington, we’ve got to to alter the status quo and elect people who haven’t been part of the system…
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The department of health and hospitals lays out two different scenarios on what would happen if its forced to take a 131-million dollar cut in state funding this fiscal year. Undersecretary Jeff Reynolds says under the first option, they would reduce spending by 119-million dollars to hospitals that are operated by both the state and a private company
Reynolds says under the second scenario they would eliminate funding for certain Medicaid programs, like hospice, long-term personal care and services that help those with developmental disabilities
Reynolds says these options are worst-case scenarios and the hope is that they will not be implemented, but they’ll have to wait and see what happens in next month’s special session…
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A Monroe man has been sentenced to life in prison after shooting a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Agent. 29-year-old Luke Jarrod Hust was convicted of two counts of attempted first degree murder. LDWF Spokesperson Adam Einck says last May Hust shot Sgt. Scott Bullitt during a basic vehicle stop after suspecting drugs or alcohol…
Einck says Hust has been a lifelong criminal and he doesn’t need to be on the streets. He says they’re very happy that the judge and the prosecutors were able to get Hust locked up for the maximum time possible.
Sgt. Bullitt hasn’t returned to duty and is still rehabbing. Ouachita Parish District Attorney Jerry Jones says Hust showed no remorse…
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Attorney General Jeff Landry says he’s taking over the appeal of a ruling that blocked Louisiana’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood. The case is left over from the Jindal administration. Landry says the cancellation of Medicaid contracts for Planned Parenthood was put in place by DHH because of the appalling acts in which the organization was involved…:
Planned Parenthood denies accusations put forth in videos by an anti-abortion group that show its system leaders illegally selling fetal tissue. A federal judge ordered Louisiana to continue funding the health services Planned Parenthood provides. Landry says the issue before the court now is whether or not DHH is allowed to cancel a contract…:
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Landry says, as AG, he has the Constitutional authority to defend all legal issues in state government. He says it’s in the best interest of taxpayers to protect the integrity of our Medicaid program by pursuing this appeal…: