Governor Bobby Jindal’s former Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce Greenstein faces perjury charges. Michelle Southern reports.
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The University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors has unanimously selected Dr. James Henderson as the 18th President of Northwestern State University. Eric Gill has more…
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Today marks the nine year anniversary of Hurricane Rita making landfall on Sabine Pass. Jeff Palermo has a look at how things are going today…
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Governor Bobby Jindal’s former Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce Greenstein has been indicted by a grand jury for perjury. The charges stem from allegations Greenstein lied about having contact with a company he used to work for that was awarded a MAJOR state Medicaid contract. Assistant Attorney General David Caldwell:
Caldwell says Greenstein is accused of lying under oath about having contact with his former employer, CNSI, before a state Senate confirmation hearing and before the grand jury. He says this is a very wide ranging corruption case that’s still under investigation and it’s possible more charges will be filed. Caldwell says corruption needs to stop in Louisiana…:
The Medicaid contract in question awarded to CNSI was worth about $200 million dollars and at the time Caldwell says it was the biggest government services contract in the history of Louisiana. Greenstein’s attorney John McLindon says his client has never denied being friends with his former co-workers at CNSI…:
Cut 6 (07) “nothing wrong with that”
McLindon says the contract was awarded by a series of evaluation teams and Greenstein didn’t even know who those people were…:
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The University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors has unanimously selected Dr. James Henderson as the 18th President of Northwestern State University. Henderson is a 1994 graduate of Northwestern and is currently the Chancellor of Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC). He says he and his wife could not be more honored or humbled by this appointment…
Henderson will begin his term at Northwestern on January 1st. During his five years at BPCC, he worked with NSU through a partnership between the schools. Henderson says that relationship will be a tremendous advantage…
Cut 9 (05) “truly revolutionary”
Enrollment has grown by 85-percent under Henderson’s leadership at BPCC. He sees growth in Northwestern’s future, but it will be a different type of growth…
Cut 10 (09) “regional economy”
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Today marks the nine year anniversary of Hurricane Rita making landfall on Sabine Pass. Jennings Senator Blade Morrish says southwest Louisiana learned a lot as a result of Rita and has done quite well rebuilding. He says, even today, as the area builds, they build with hurricanes in mind…
cut 11 (10) “around hurricanes”
Morrish says most of the infrastructure of the area damaged by Hurricane Rita has been rebuilt and is functioning well. But he says there is still an issue of people moving back to Cameron Parish. Morrish says prior to Rita, there were around 10,000 residents there…
He says many would like to move back to Cameron Parish, but due to high insurance costs, they cannot afford to. Morrish says, as far as hurricane protection goes, they are concentrating on true hurricane coastal restoration and protection…(Hurricane Rita was the fifth major hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season.)
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In Money magazine’s 2014 Best Places to Live rankings, Bossier City ranks seventh among the best places to find a new job. City Spokesman Mark Natale says the magazine did a lot of research looking at job growth in Bossier City…
Cut 14 (09) “hospitality industry”
The magazine’s rankings are based on a community’s unemployment rate, past job growth, and projected job growth. Money says tourism and gaming are dominant employers, but Natale says Bossier City has a lot more to offer…
He adds that Barksdale Air Force Base has been a long-time employer and an anchor of economic development in Bossier City. The rankings cited job growth in Bossier City was 10-percent since 2010, with projected growth of nearly 12-percent through 2018. Natale says the city is obviously proud of their ranking…
Cut 16 (07) “economic development”
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LSU failed to rush for over 100 yards as a team in Saturday’s loss to Mississippi State. There were very few holes for the Tiger running backs against the Bulldogs defense. LSU Offensive Coordinator Cam Cameron says they still have confidence they can run the ball against some of the best defenses in the country…
Freshman Leonard Fournette was LSU’s leading rusher on Saturday. The nation’s number one recruit in 2014 had just 38 yards and for the season he’s rushed for 200 yards and two touchdowns. Cameron sees Fournette breaking off a few more long runs as the season goes on
Cut 18 (16) “down the stretch”
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After a gut wrenching loss to Northwestern State last weekend, Louisiana Tech will face 5th ranked Auburn at Jordan-Hare Stadium this Saturday. Bulldogs Coach Skip Holtz has preached to his team that they have to put the loss to the Demons in the rear view mirror
Auburn comes into Saturday’s game with a 3-and-0 record. They’ve been a difficult offense to stop under head coach Gus Malzahn and Holtz is excited to see how his defense plays against the War Eagles