Right on the heels of the Democratic Party pulling the plug on funding for TV ads for Senator Mary Landrieu, one political expert says she needs to continue to differentiate herself from Bill Cassidy, and she needs to improve in one specific voter group…

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That’s Bob Mann, a former staffer for Democrats John Breaux and Kathleen Blanco.

A 2.2 million dollar grant has been awarded to the LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health to increase the availability of information and support for young breast cancer survivors in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

CUT 4 (13) Q: ‘what they need”

That’s Project Coordinator Helen McMillan

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Governor Bobby Jindal’s administration made some adjustments yesterday to help stablize the state’s insurance program. The new plan will raise premiums, but it will lower out-of-pocket expenses. Before the move, the lawmakers received numerous complaints from constitiuents about it.

There’s one week left for delinquent taxpayers to take advantage of a tax amnesty period. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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