House Republican lawmakers grilled state health officials about the growing Medicaid budget and whether the state is doing enough to prevent waste or misspending. Baton Rouge Representative Rick Edmonds is concerned the health department’s budget is set to grow by another billion dollars
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It was revealed during the hearing that 16-hundred people making at least 100-thousand dollars a year were covered by Medicaid.
After failing for five months on recognizing additional revenues, the Revenue Estimating Conference adopted an income forecast that will give lawmakers an additional 110-million dollars in this year’s budget to spend and another 119-million dollars in next year’s budget. House Speaker Taylor Barras “Yes” vote broke the gridlock
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An Opelousas man is arrested following the stabbing death of his mother. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Democrat Charlie Greer of Natchitoches Parish is running for Agriculture Commissioner against incumbent Mike Strain, slamming his opponet for repeated delays in the release of medical marijuana. Greer says the delays have been unacceptable.
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Strain denies impeding medical cannabis progress.