1+ week, 2+ day ago   (449+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana is ending its Medicaid managed care partnership with Healthy Blue, a change that will force more than 290,000 people to move to another health plan by the beginning of next year. The Louisiana Department of Health announced…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (581+ words) (The Center Square) — Louisiana could emerge as one of the biggest domestic beneficiaries of a U.S.-backed expansion of Venezuela's oil industry, with refineries designed to process the country's heavy crude and infrastructure capable of receiving massive oil tankers offshore. Where…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (730+ words) (Louisiana Illuminator) — Ashtin Ursin was already a convicted felon and already facing a second-degree murder accusation when Baton Rouge Police arrested him Jan. 25, 2025, on charges including possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, handling of machine guns, unlawful use…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (87+ words) The Livingston Parish Council heard several presentations at their regularly scheduled meeting on August 27th, 2026, two of which were concerned with the further preservation and beautification of … Livingston Parish Council receives update on One Pill Can Kill Opioid Prevention Initiative Livingston…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (87+ words) The Livingston Parish Council voted on an ordinance seeking to prohibit surveillance cameras in parish-owned right-of-ways and discussed other agenda items at their regular meeting on August 27, … Livingston Parish Council receives update on One Pill Can Kill Opioid Prevention Initiative…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (555+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana will increase Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain home- and community-based disability services by about 3% beginning Oct. 1, a partial increase after a state-commissioned study estimated substantially more money would be needed to bring rates in line with…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (431+ words) (The Center Square) – U.S. fertilizer producer CF Industries and a pair of Japanese industrial conglomerates began construction Wednesday on a low-carbon ammonia plant in Modeste, Louisiana, which could provide domestic supplies of fertilizer for American farmers and power electric grids…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (85+ words) The Republican Party of Louisiana has endorsed state Sen. Blake Miguez in the race for Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District, drawing an objection from fellow Republican state Sen. Rick Edmonds over how the endorsement was decided. Two arrested in Livingston Parish copper…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (553+ words) (Louisiana Illuminator) - Frustrated foster parents vented to a panel of Louisiana lawmakers this week about seeing less money from the state to care for kids in state custody. The news came as a surprise to the legislators, who added almost…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (384+ words) (The Center Square) — More than 500 applicants are seeking a share of Louisiana’s new federal rural health funding, but not every request will be approved as they begin deciding how to divide more than $200 million. Louisiana was awarded roughly $208 million through…...