State Treasurer John Schroder is calling on state agencies to accept electronic payment options like PayPal and Venmo. Brooke Thorington has more.
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State senators express regret over approving a state budget that contained a 100-million dollar cut in funding to the Department of Health. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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As credit card debt continues to become more costly and harder to pay off, a new CreditCards.com report shows Louisiana has the third highest credit card debt in the U.S. Teiko Foxx has more…
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State Treasurer John Schroder is calling on the Louisiana Cash Management Review Board to develop a plan for all state agencies to accept electronic payment options like PayPal and Venmo. Schroder says the state needs to get on board with the new technology.
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In addition to making payments more convenient, Schroeder says electronic payments save time.
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Schroder is working with CMRB to craft a plan for state agencies to implement electronic payments.
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By law, the state treasurer can make the electronic payment process available to state agencies but cannot require them to use it.
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The parents of 29-year-old Donovan Bailey who was killed in Reserve in 2013 have joined with Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans to increase the reward amount for new tips in the cold case. President Darlene Causanza hopes increasing the amount will garner new leads in the case.
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Bailey was driving his van with his friends when someone opened fire and shot him in the torso in the 300 block of East 13th Street. Causanza says an arrest was made in 2014 …
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Causanza encourages anyone who knows something to send in any leads.
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Anyone with leads should contact Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111, download the CSGNO app, or visit crimestoppersgno.org to post a tip.
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Senate Finance Chairman Bodi White regrets signing off on a budget that slashed state funding to the Louisiana Department of Health by 100-million dollars. On the final day of the session, budget negotiations went right up until a six o’clock deadline and White admits he paid too much to the clock and not what was missing from the 45-billion dollar budget plan
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L-D-H leaders told state senators the 100 million dollar cut could result in a 740-million dollar reduction in funding when you factor in federal matching dollars. White says if he had to do it again, he would not have brought the budget bill up for a vote in the waning minutes of the session…
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LDH officials told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee that the cut will result in a loss of services for Medicaid recipients who need outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment. There will also be a loss of funding for some nursing homes, a graduate medical education program, and mobile cancer screenings.
Alexandria Senator Jay Luneau says a mental hospital in his district would also see a cut in funding…
Cut 12 (14) “…no sense”
Franklinton Senator Beth Mizell is alarmed to see a cut in funding to Our Lady of Angels Hospital in Bogalusa…
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A new report finds Louisiana has the third highest credit card debt burden in the country according to CreditCards.com. The report compares credit card debts and household incomes across all fifty states and Washington D.C. Senior Industry Analyst Ted Rossman says people in Louisiana live on a below-average household income.
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Louisiana ranked 47th in average household income with an average of $76,000 annually. The average credit card charges a record-high 21 percent. That’s nearly five percentage points higher than the beginning of last year. Rossman says people are making practical purchases with credit cards because of inflation and increasing their debt burden.
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According to the report, six out of every 10 people with credit card debt have been in debt for at least a year, up from 50 percent a year ago. However, using a personal loan as a form of debt consolidation and working with a reputable nonprofit credit counseling agency can help make payments manageable. Rossman also suggests getting a zero percent balance transfer credit card.
Cut 16 (11) “…tremendous savings.”
Credit card rates rose more in 2022 than any other on record.
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LSU left-handers Nate Ackenhausen and Riley Cooper combined to limit Tennessee to just six hits in a five-to-nothing shutout of the Volunteers to advance to the semifinal round of the College World Series. Ackenhausen started his first game of the year and Coach Jay Johnson had a feeling he could handle the moment…
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Ackenhausen threw a season-high six innings and struck out a season-high seven hitters. The Oklahoma native says his changeup was working well
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It’s only the second time LSU has thrown a shutout in the College World Series. 1993 was the other time when Brett Laxton struck out a championship game record 16 hitters in a win over Wichita State.
LSU is still one loss away from elimination and they’ll need to beat Wake Forest twice in order to get to the championship series. Johnson understands it will be a challenge after the Demon Deacons held them to five hits on Monday…
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