Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser is looking into giving the French Quarter State Park designation as a way to help clean up the area and reduce crime….
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Nungesser says if the French Quarter is considered a state park, it would allow lawmakers to allocate more funding. As of right now it’s just an idea and nothing has been set in stone.

In 15 months, qualifying will be underway for the 2019 Governor’s race. Pollster John Couvillon says the big challenge for Governor Edwards as he seeks re-election is that there are 41,600 fewer Democrats registered to vote now, compared to when he was elected…
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Republican Senator John Kennedy and GOP Congressman Ralph Abraham are potential challengers to Edwards.

Could thousands of Medicaid patients be kicked out of nursing homes after July 1st, because of state budget problems. That possibility will be presented to them in a letter from the state that will go out on Thursday. The letter will also provide those patients with options, but Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says…
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One solution to the problem is to raise revenue in a special session in order stave off deep health care cuts.

State Treasurer John Schroder says 78.5 million dollars has been dumped into the state’s unclaimed property fund this fiscal year and that money belongs to some 100-thousand residents…
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Schroder is making a renewed push for residents to check the state’s Unclaimed Property website.