Senator John Kennedy lit into the Louisiana Department of Health, demanding to know exactly how much money has been spent on Medicaid recipients who were found to be ineligible for the program. Kennedy is asking L-D-H to work with federal officials to recoup the misspent money…
LDH alerted 37-thousand Medicaid recipients last week that they are no longer eligible for Medicaid, because they make too much money Secretary Rebekah Gee credits a new computer system for finding the ineligible patients.
The Lafayette District Attorney has decided not to pursue charges against a 32-year-old mother of an Acadiana High student, who was arrested last week for posting a video on social media of two children fighting at the school. Legal analyst Franz Borghardt say the mother may want to think about civil charges against the Scott Police Department who booked her into jail…
Cut 8 (08) “…and move forward.”
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will open over 30 bays on Bonnet Carre Spillway in St. Charles Parish this morning and the flood control structure could remain open for the next month to relive pressure on the New Orleans levee system. Colonel Michael Clancy says they’ve been in a flood fight on the Mississippi since November 2nd…
The Corps could open as many as 200 bays on the Bonne Carrie Spillway.
Louisiana set another record high for total GDP in the third quarter of 2018. The state’s GDP rose to 252 billion in the third quarter, up 2.3 billion from the second.
Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says the numbers are impressive when you consider the negative impact a series of trade wars have had on Louisiana’s agricultural and export/import based economy.
Cut 12 (10) “…we’re hopeful”