After 15 years on the run, 44-year-old Lonnie Payne is returning to East Feliciana Parish in shackles. Payne had been living in Mexico since his July 2003 escape, when he was serving twelve years for a burglary in Jefferson Parish. East Feliciana Parish Sheriff Jeff Travis says they couldn’t get him before he got away.
cut 9 (10) “…got into Mexico.”
Last month, he presented border officials with a fake identity.
The Louisiana economy is looking good going forward. According to a report, the state should see just shy of 60-thousand jobs added going into 2020. 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 is the fastest growing metropolitan area in the United States
After treading water Congress only has four days to reauthorize the Land and Water conservation fund before the environmental program that helps funds outdoor destinations across the state comes to an end. Louisiana Hypoxia Working Group Coordinator Doug Daigle, on Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster, says that could jeopardize parks that are rebuilding after the 2016 floods.
The fund was created in 1964.
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. The university report showed major declines in the uninsured rate in those communities after the expansion. Research Professor Adam Searing says the expansion is benefitting more than just the working poor…
Governor John Bel Edwards says the expansion is more than paying for itself.