The full state House will soon hear a bill that aims to make it easier for people in Louisiana to cancel their unwanted subscriptions. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Governor Landry establishes the Office of Rural Health Transformation and Sustainability within the Department of Health. Joe Gallinaro reports.
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Abita Brewing Company, a Louisiana success story, celebrates 40 years in business. Jeff Palermo has more…
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A bill that would make it easier to cancel unwanted subscriptions will soon be heard by the full House. The author of House Bill 750, Vincent Cox of Gretna, says the goal is to make it just as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up for one. Cox says he’s been in close contact with industry leaders to fine-tune the bill.
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Cox says when he brings the bill up, he will be presenting a series of amendments.
Cox says should his bill become law, it would make violations a civil matter and not a criminal matter, and damages would be nominal.
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Governor Landry establishes the Office of Rural Health Transformation and Sustainability. Health Secretary Bruce Greenstein (green-steen) says the goal is to make access to quality healthcare available to everyone, regardless of where in the state he or she lives.
Greenstein says one of the key priorities of the new office is to expand the healthcare workforce in rural areas.
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Greenstein says this new office goes beyond just the healthcare aspect, it also addresses things to improve the overall health of people living in rural areas.
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It’s all part of the state’s rural health transformation program, which is supported by more than 208-million dollars in federal funding.
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Abita Brewing Company, located 30 miles north of New Orleans, is celebrating its 40th birthday this year. Abita President Troy Ashley says they are a great Louisiana growth story…
Abita employs just over 100 people. Headquarters are in Covington and they also have a taproom in New Orleans.
Ashley says a big key to their success is their Louisiana roots and what Louisiana has to offer…
The first two brews they produced were Abita Golden and Abita Amber, and in the first year, they produced 15-hundred barrels of beer. Now they have 17 year-round brews, several seasonal beers, plus craft sodas, hop water, and they’ve recently added ready-to-drink cocktails.
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McNeese will introduce Bridget Martin as its new athletics director today after serving as the interim A-D following the departure of Heath Schroyer to LSU. Martin is a native of Lake Arthur and she’s worked at McNeese since 1990 when she was hired as a women’s basketball coach….
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Martin went into administration in 2001. She served as the department’s Senior Woman Administrator and NCAA Compliance Director. In 2023, she was promoted to Deputy AD. She’s McNeese’s first female AD and only the fourth in women’s history…
Martin takes over an athletic program that’s seeing success in several sports, especially in basketball. She says the resources are there to have a great athletic program on the FCS level.
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The Ragin Cajuns may have turned around their season as U-L Lafayette took two out of three from 10th-ranked Southern Miss. Coach Matt Deggs liked how his team played the last two days after losing the series opener…
The Cajuns won the rubber game of the series on Sunday with a six-to-five victory. Parker Smith was the winning pitcher, and Cody Brasch threw three shutout innings for his fifth save. Deggs says Brasch is hard to hit when he’s on…
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LSU scored seven runs in the seventh inning to erase a seven-run deficit, but the Tigers still lost eight to seven as they were swept by Ole Miss. Coach Jay Johnson’s team didn’t get a hit in the first six innings, but exploded in the seventh thanks to three consecutive home runs. But LSU could not handle a ground ball through the right side of the infield, which led to the go-ahead run scoring in the seventh…
LSU hosts Northwestern State on Tuesday night.
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LSU has crossed the halfway point of spring practice. Cornerback DJ Pickett is looking to improve on a freshman campaign that saw him lead the team with three interceptions. Pickett says the energy during the spring has been great…
Pickett appeared in all 13 games last season and made three starts. He saw action on more than 500 defensive snaps on his way to receiving Freshman All-American honors. Pickett also had 37 tackles, three tackles for a loss and a sack. Pickett says he had a pretty good freshman year, but believes he could’ve done better…
Pickett is learning from LSU defensive backs coach Corey Raymond. Pickett says Coach Raymond keeps him locked in…