The state Department of Health has filed suit against several opioid companies a week after multiple Louisiana Sheriff’s Offices. Emelie Gunn has more…
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House Majority Whip Steve Scalise is back at the Capitol working following a shooting that nearly ended his life. Jeff Palermo has more on the Metairie Congressman’s emotional return…
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A week after multiple Louisiana Sheriff’s Offices filed suit against several opioid manufacturers, the state Department of Health has filed its own lawsuit claiming these drug companies have helped fuel the Bayou State’s severe opioid epidemic. Legal Analyst Tim Meche says this is a very trendy lawsuit now…
Meche says it could be difficult for the suits to stick because the opioids are regulated and approved by the FDA and prescribed by doctors. He says this litigation is similar to lawsuits against gun manufacturers.
LDH is seeking damages for the amounts it has already paid for excessive opioid prescriptions and treatment costs as a result of those prescriptions. Meche says it seems like this is more about trial lawyers trying to make money rather than fight the epidemic.
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House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Metairie is back at the U.S. Capitol for the first time since he was shot on June 14th while practicing for a charity baseball game. Scalise received a thunderous applause when he entered the House chambers and thanked those who helped save his life, including Ohio Representative Brad Wenstrup…
Scalise and four others were shot by a gunman, who was killed when U.S. Capitol Police and other officers returned fire. Scalise was struck in the hip and the bullet damaged blood vessels, bones and internal organs. The 51-year-old says while it was an evil act, he was able to see the goodness of people…
Scalise says while recovering and rehabbing he heard from several world leaders who looked at the shooting as an attack on our government. He had this message for his colleagues as he spoke to them for the first time in over three months….
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A UNO poll finds 57-percent of registered Louisiana voters surveyed believe protesting NFL players should be fined or fired, but there is a big difference of opinion among races. Researcher Tony Licciardi says most of the black responders oppose penalizing the protesting players….
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Licciardi says the survey also found 49-percent approve of President Donald Trump’s job performance, while 45-percent disapprove. He says there are significant differences in opinion on approval along racial lines…
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Licciardi says President Trump’s approval rating in Louisiana is down from 58-percent on his Election Day victory. He says it is not a surprise that there was such a big racial divide to these answers…
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State Police say a 42-year-old motorcyclist was killed after traveling over 100 miles per hour on LA 22 in Tangipahoa Parish. Senior Trooper Dustin Dwight says yesterday afternoon, police received 911 calls reporting a motorcyclist driving recklessly. He says an officer then spotted the vehicle…
Dwight says after clocking 42-year-old Andrew Alessi of Baton Rouge at 123 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour zone, authorities received a report of a crash farther west down LA 22.
Dwight says Alessi succumbed to his injuries shortly after arriving at the hospital. He says this death was totally preventable.
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