Thousands of Medicaid patients have been told that they are no longer eligible for the program after a new computer system showed they no longer met the income requirements for the government health insurance. Department of Health Secretary Rebekah Gee says the new program automatically confirms your wages and income with Workforce Development and others…
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A $760 million flood protection project estimated to benefit more than 60,000 people in river parish region is being signed today. Congressman Garret Graves say the west shore of Lake Pontchartrain is at increased risk of tropical storm surge flooding due to loss of wetlands and sea level rise.
Cut 3 (10) “…the last several years.”
The Edwards administration has presented state lawmakers with a proposed 30-billion dollar spending plan for next fiscal year that would give teachers a pay raise and increase funding for education and health care. State economists project higher tax collections than previously estimated, but Republican House Speaker Taylor Barras has blocked efforts to raise the income forecast. Barras says the economy is volatile and the Revenue Estimating Conference has been wrong before, so why not wait…
Cut 10 (05)“…smaller and smaller”
Thursday was the deadline for the owner of a million dollar Powerball ticket to claim their prize. The ticket was sold in New Orleans for the August 25th drawing. So did someone show up at Louisiana Lottery headquarters to claim the prize? Lottery spokesperson Dustin Annison has the answer.