Attorney General Jeff Landry says he’s taking over the appeal of a federal judge’s order that Louisiana must 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…

cut 14 (10) “these types of contracts”

Landry says, as AG, he has the Constitutional authority to defend all legal issues in state government.

A Monroe man has been sentenced to life in prison after shooting a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Agent. LDWF Spokesperson Adam Einck says last May 29-year-old Luke Jarrod Hust shot Sgt. Scott Bullitt during a basic vehicle stop after suspecting drugs or alcohol…

cut 10 (10) “that night”

Hust was convicted of two counts of attempted first degree murder.

Republican Retired Air Force Colonel Rob Maness has officially thrown his hat into the ring for Louisiana’s soon to be vacant US Senate seat. Maness says voters are wanting change and Washington, D.C. will never fix itself from the inside…

cut 5 (10) “from the outside”

Maness is a 32-year veteran of the Air Force who has never held political office.

If forced to take a 131-million dollar cut in state funding this fiscal year, the Department of Health and Hospitals lays out two different scenarios on what would happen. Undersecretary Jeff Reynolds says in one they would eliminate funding for certain Medicaid programs, like hospice, long-term personal care and services that help those with developmental disabilities…

cut 8 (08) “aging population”

The second would reduce spending by 119-million dollars to hospitals that are operated by both the state and a private company.