The American Gaming Association says Louisiana casino gaming revenue remained flat in 2018. Matt Doyle has more…
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The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s office says 49-year-old Kirk Bellard of Eunice and 38-year-old Marcus Guidry of Breaux Bridge were killed when their single-engine plane crashed on a levee along the Atchafalaya River outside of Opelousas. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash.

A national study involving the Pennington Biomedical Research Center debunks the thought that taking vitamin D significantly lowers the chances of a person with pre-diabetes developing type 2 diabetes. Assistant LSU professor and local site investigator Daniel Hsia (Shaw) says there was a thought that vitamin D’s anti-inflammatory properties would have an effect on diabetes, but…
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Hsia says people at high risk for type two diabetes should commit to lifestyle changes, instead of relying on Vitamin D supplementation.

The Pelican Institute says since the state implemented Medicaid Expansion in 2016 it has cost the state more than 145-million dollars a year, because able-bodied adults who do not have children, dropped their private insurance for taxpayer-funded insurance…
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But the state health department says a recent LSU study shows the number of Louisiana who has private insurance barely changed since the expansion.