An agreement to begin construction on a $760 million flood protection project estimated to benefit more than 60,000 people in river parish region has been signed. Communities on the west shore of Lake Pontchartrain saw extensive flooding during Hurricane Isaac in 2012. Congressman Graves says it’s estimated this massive flood control project can reduce annual damaged from flooding by 865-million dollars over the next 50 years….
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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.
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The prize money will now go into the unclaimed prize fund.
Thousands of Medicaid patients have been told they are no longer eligible for the program after a new computer system showed they no longer meet the income requirements for the government health insurance. Louisiana Health Secretary Rebekah Gee says the new system of checks will make it easier for prospective Medicaid recipients to figure out whether or not they qualify.
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. Republican House Speaker Taylor Barras has blocked efforts to raise the income forecast, in an effort to gather more information. But Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says eventually state lawmakers will need an official forecast in order to make decisions on funding…