The latest effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Healthcare Act pushed by Senator Bill Cassidy is over. However, Cassidy says on a bi-partisan level, lawmakers believe Obamacare is not doing well. He says the alternative is Senator Bernie Sanders’ which has 15 co-sponsors to create a single payer plan.
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Cassidy’s bill would have given block grant funding to states.
An early Tuesday morning call to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff led them to discover a body underneath a vehicle. EBR Sheriff’s spokesperson Casey Hicks says deputies arrived on the scene to find 30 year old Stephen Hebert half asleep at the steering wheel of a truck that was still running.
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Patrick DeHann a senior analyst at ‘Gas Buddy’ predicts an easing of gas prices going forward. Refining capacity had dropped by 30 percent due to flooded refineries in Texas caused by Hurricane Harvey. Then, Hurricane Irma caused mass evacuation in Florida which DeHann says further crippled the supply in the US.
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DeHann also says refineries making their season switch to the winter-blend of gasoline as another factor in gas prices.
A councilwoman in Arcadia has been suspended from her position after she was convicted of stealing more than 37-thousand dollars when she was the town water clerk. Louisiana Inspector General Stephen Street says Patricia Hampton was found guilty of theft charges from an investigation sparked by an audit…:
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Street says Hampton took payments for water bills and collecting them for her personal use.