With 10 days before open enrollment ends, nearly 150,000 Louisianians have signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services. Billy Justice, Director of Marketing for Vantage HealthPlan in Monroe, feels people are getting more knowledgeable about the health care marketplace…:
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Last year, almost 102,000 residents purchased health care plans through the federal marketplace.

A 32-year-old south Louisiana man faces several charges, including first-offense D-W-I, for his role in a head-on bus crash that injured several students. The collision occurred Tuesday morning in Livingston Parish and Sheriff investigators believe Brandon Vince of Livingston was impaired at the time of the crash. He is also charged with 17 counts of vehicular negligent injuring. The injuries to the school children were minor to moderate.

Abita Brewing Co. in Abita Springs has fired back at Budweiser’s Super Bowl commercial which essentially says craft beer is for snobs. Other small brewers throughout the country are doing the same. The beer giant’s commercial shows people sniffing beer and saying brews shouldn’t be fussed over. Abita President David Blossman says they are proud to fuss over beer
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Budweiser’s commercial also suggests brewing shouldn’t be that hard but Blossman says brewing isn’t hard — it’s fun.

There were no big Powerball winners last night according to the Louisiana Lottery. The prize for this Saturday night’s February 7th drawing now goes to an estimated $360 million dollars with a cash value of $250 million dollars.