Attorney General Jeff Landry says he’s taking over the appeal of a ruling that blocked Louisiana’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood. 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…

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Planned Parenthood denies accusations put forth in videos by an anti-abortion group that show its system leaders illegally selling fetal tissue.

Republican Retired Air Force Colonel Rob Maness officially announces his bid for Louisiana’s soon to be vacant US Senate seat. He says he joined the field to answer a call by the people of the state…

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Maness placed third in 2014′s US Senate primary.

The state 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…

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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.