The Louisiana Department of Health announces 30-thousand individuals have been removed from the Medicaid program, because they make too much money. LDH spokesperson Robert Johannessen says the people that lost their taxpayer funded health insurance are working adults, who have experienced a rise in income
Cut 9 (08) “…increased”
40-thousand Medicaid enrollees were informed in February they could lose their insurance coverage.
Motorists traveling on I-10 near Baton Rouge received a surprise this morning when a small plane landed next to the interstate. State Police Trooper Taylor Scrantz says the plane landed in a grassy area next to the highway, only clipping an 18-wheeler on the way down…
Cut 14 (07) “…minor injury”
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Investigators are trying to determine if three church fires in the span of a week, two in St. Landry Parish, the other in Caddo Parish are connected. State Fire Marshal’s spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says the latests fire, the second in St. Landry Parish this week, occurred at the Greater Union Baptist Church in Opelousas.
Cut 5 (11) “…origin and cause.”
Both churches destroyed in St. Landry Parish were historically black Baptist churches.
The Louisiana Good Roads Association says the state should steer clear of toll roads as a way to raise more funds to build highway projects. President Kenneth Perret says He says unlike in Florida and Texas, Louisiana’s issues are not because of abnormally high traffic volume, but because of old roads.
Cut 7 (08) “…originally”