After treading water Congress only has four days to reauthorize the Land and Water conservation fund before the program that helps funds outdoor destinations across the state comes to an end. Louisiana Hypoxia Working Group Coordinator Doug Daigle, on Talk Louisiana, says efforts to rebuild parks that were damaged in the 2016 floods could be jeopardized.
The fund was created in 1964.
After 15 years on the run after escaping prison, 44 year old Lonnie Payne is returning to East Feliciana Parish in shackles. Last month, he attempted to come back to the states, presented border officials with a fake identity. East Feliciana Parish Sheriff Jeff Travis says previous they couldn’t get him.
cut 9 (10) “…got into Mexico.”
Payne had been living in Mexico since his July 2003 escape.
According to the report, the state should see just shy of 60-thousand jobs added going into 2020, surpassing the 2 million job mark for the first time in history in 2019. LSU economist Loren Scott says It’s now expected that the oil patch has bottomed out and will now be on the rebound.
Cut 13 (10) “…continue to rise.”
The Lake Charles area has been the fastest growing metropolitan area in the United States.
A Georgetown study is out that touts the results of the state’s Medicaid expansion as a major success when it comes to improving the quality of life in rural communities. Research Professor Jack Hoadley says it’s not just the uninsured and working poor that see a boost from Medicaid expansions. He says the additional revenue from Medicaid patient’s makes its way back into the community in ways insured people may not realize…