While nationally the number of children living in concentrated poverty has gone down, it is estimated that Louisiana has 27,000 more kids living in poverty from 2013 to 2017 than the previous five year period. Annie E. Casey Foundation Advocacy and Influence Associate Director Scot Spencer says the state is one of only ten states to see a rate increase.
A Shreveport nursing home social worker is under arrest for posing as a licensed nurse for over a thousand hours using the identity of an LPN with her same name. Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Detective Mike King says while pretending to be a nurse, 59-year-old Sandra Martin took on some vital, and potentially dangerous roles…
King says they suspect Martin posed as a nurse to cash in on overtime opportunities
An independent poll shows incumbent Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon in a near tie with challenger Tim Temple. The pollster says it may be thanks to a new attack ad chastising Donelon for napping through what appears to be a hearing…