On Sunday Governor John Bel Edwards will meet with US Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price to discuss Medicaid expansion. His Communications Director Richard Carbo says Edwards will have a chance to tell Price about the impact Medicaid expansion has had on the Bayou State.:
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The meeting comes amid ongoing discussions at the nation’s capital about repealing the Affordable Care Act.

A Baton Rouge man pleaded guilty today to a 2010 home invasion and murder of a single mother and injuring of her then 9-year-old in the Beauregard Town home. 27-year-old Aramis Jackson pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of 42-year-old Alexandra Engler, and attempted first degree murder of Ariana Engler. He was sentenced to life in prison on the first charge, and 50 years confined to hard labor on the second. Jackson was facing a trial in 5 months and a possible death sentence if convicted.

Today the Board of Regents is looking at proposed changes to TOPS…:
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It’s Carnival time, and cities and towns across the state will be celebrating Mardi Gras over the next four days. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says Fat Tuesday parties throughout Louisiana have really grown over the years.
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More than a million people get down in The Big Easy for Mardi Gras with the biggest parades, Endymion and Bacchus, rolling on Saturday and Sunday nights.