Former Congressman Charles Boustany says since the new tariffs were imposed, Louisiana businesses have paid an additional 85-million dollars. Boustany, who is a spokesman for Tariffs Hurt the Heartland, says the effects of steel and soybean tariffs have begun to work their way down the economic supply chain from agriculture to the shipping industries…
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Supporters of the tariffs say the economic conflict with China is the best way to force the global superpower to renegotiate a new trade deal.

For the 13th time since 1990, Louisiana is ranked 50th in America’s health rankings. Thirty-five different areas of health determine the overall ranking. Dr. Rhonda Randall with the United Health Foundation says among the areas of concern, child poverty, where Louisiana ranks last.
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Randall says they’ve also found there’s a high prevalence of frequent mental distress and a high prevalence of low birthweight.

New research from the Loyola University New Orleans Jesuit Social Research Institute finds Louisiana has the second highest rate of food insecurity in the nation and its rising faster than the rest of the country. An estimated 784-thousand residents struggle with hunger and contributing to the problem is what is known food deserts, the lack of grocery stores in low income, minority neighborhoods. Father Fred Kammer..
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The report concludes the state of Louisiana needs to make food policy a higher priority and offer incentives for grocery stores to open in underserved communities.