A bipartisan bill co-authored by US Senator Bill Cassidy could help address the nation’s rising obesity rate. Emelie Gunn has more…
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The state’s newly established Opioid Abuse Prevention Fund seeks to end the opioid epidemic. Jeff Palermo has more…
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Governor John Bel Edwards blames partisan politics for hard attacks he underwent during a Congressional hearing on the response to last year’s floods. Halen Doughty has more…
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The Louisiana District Attorney’s Association supports recommendations to reduce sentences for non-violent offenders, but they oppose proposals to provide parole consideration for certain juvenile killers and inmates who have been behind bars for decades. Executive Director Pete Adams says they reviewed recommendations made the governor’s task on criminal justice reform and they back some of the ideas.
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Governor Edwards is leading an effort to reduce the state’s incarceration rate. Adams says in the upcoming legislative session, the focus should be on making sure non-violent offenders are behind bars for a lengthy amount of time.
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Adams says they fully support addressing criminal justice reform, but careful consideration must be done to ensure dangerous criminals who pled down to non-violent offenses are not released…
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U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy is behind legislation that seeks to address the growing obesity rate in America. Cassidy says the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act would make weight loss treatment more accessible to those on Medicare. He says the bill allows Medicare to cover the cost of new prescription drugs for chronic weigh management.
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Cassidy says nearly 70 percent of Americans are overweight or obese, and 13 million of them are seniors. He says obesity increases the risk for high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes. He says the bill also makes weight loss counseling more available to Medicare recipients.
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Cassidy says healthcare costs related to obesity total nearly $200 billion each year, and reducing the obesity rate could save federal healthcare dollars. He says if someone loses weight, their blood pressure and diabetes will get better at almost any age.
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Attorney General Jeff Landry is working to end the opioid epidemic in Louisiana with the new Opioid Abuse Prevention Fund. Landry that fund will pay for an informational campaign complete with a website, advertisements, printed materials, and community outreach.
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Landry says the fund will be paid for through a partnership with Louisiana Ambulance Alliance and Amphastar Pharmaceuticals. He says rebates from medications that treat opioid overdoses will pay for the cost of the End the Epidemic LA campaign.
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Landry says the website EndTheEpidemicLA.org is now up and running. He says we have to do something because opioid overdose deaths are now the leading cause of injury related deaths among adults. He says this epidemic can be prevented with the right amount of education.
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Governor John Bel Edwards believes partisan politics were behind the harsh line of questioning at a Congressional hearing examining the response to last year’s historic flooding. Republican lawmakers questioned why the state has yet to appropriate the $1.6 billion Congress provided for flood recovery. In an interview on the Jim Engster Show, Edwards said the holdup is on the federal level.
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Baton Rouge Republican Congressman Garret Graves blames the Edwards administration for the delay in dispensing the funds. But the governor says those kinds of false comments aren’t helping.
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The Democratic governor says he’s worked well with the state’s Congressional delegation throughout the recovery process, and it’s only recently that some members chose to make it harder by releasing misinformation. Edwards says it’s not surprising the GOP went in for the attack.
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At LSU Pro Day, running back Leonard Fournette weighed in at 228, 12 pounds lighter than what the scale read at the NFL combine a month ago. Fournette says he wanted to show NFL teams that he has the discipline to lose weight and maintain…
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Fournette ran a 4.51 at the Combine last month, but chose not to run again yesterday. The New Orleans native left LSU as the school’s fourth leading rusher, but he missed several games last year because of an ankle injury. Fournette says he’s told NFL teams that he’s healthy…
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18 players participated in LSU pro day and NFL executives from every team were on hand, including the Saints. Since Sean Payton was named head coach in New Orleans, the Black and Gold have only drafted one LSU player, defensive tackle Al Woods in 2010. But General Manager Mickey Loomis says they don’t intentionally avoid players from Tiger Town…
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The Saints are coming off three consecutive 7-and-9 seasons. New Orleans has five picks in the first three rounds in this month’s NFL draft and Loomis says the front office understands the urgency to make them count…
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