Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
More than 150k have lost Medicaid coverage in Louisiana
160,000 individuals have been removed from state Medicaid rolls since April after federal pandemic protections ended and a third of them are children. Executive Director of the Louisiana Budget Projec...
Oct 24, 2023
Low-visibility contributes to massive pile-up on I-55 in St. John the Baptist Parish
Update: According to State Police, at least seven people died in a major chain reaction crash that involved 158 vehicles on Interstate 55 in St. John the Baptist Parish yesterday. The interstate remai...
Oct 23, 2023
Secretary of State candidates Democrat Gwen-Collins Greenup and Republican Nancy Landry headed to November runoff election
The runoff for Secretary of State is a contest between two women, Republican Nancy Landry and Democrat Gwen Collins-Greenup. Landry currently serves as First Assistant Secretary of State and knows how...
Oct 23, 2023
Louisiana Representative Mike Johnson joins race for House Speaker
U.S. Representative Mike Johnson from Benton will make his case before House Republicans today to be the next Speaker of the House. Eight other Republicans are also seeking the post. LSU Political Sci...
Oct 23, 2023
Louisiana's unemployment rate 3.3 percent with a record low 67,930 unemployed
The number of people looking for work, but unable to find a job reached an all-time low in September, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nearly 68-thousand people were considered une...
Oct 21, 2023
Two men arrested in connection with the death of a 60-year-old woman found in a wooded area
Walker Police have arrested two people involved in the murder 60-year-oid woman who was discovered dead in a wooded area of Livingston Parish. Captain John Sharp says they believe 30-year-old Bobby Sc...
Oct 20, 2023
New Orleans D-A Jason Williams says he and his 78 year old mother are happy to be alive after being carjacked in New Orleans Lower Garden District
Orleans Parish D-A Jason Williams is grateful he and his 78-year-old mother were not injured after being carjacked in the Lower Garden District Monday night. Williams says it all happened in a matter ...
Oct 20, 2023
LSU opens new CyberSecurity Operations Center to train students how to fight cyber attacks
A new CyberSecurity Operations Center has opened on the LSU campus that will train students how to fight against cyber attacks. Chief Information Officer Craig Woolley says the SOC will help strengthe...
Oct 20, 2023 Blogtrepreneur / CC
LSU Alexandria and LSU Health New Orleans launch first dental hygiene program in Central Louisiana
LSU-Alexandria and LSU Health New Orleans have launched the first dental hygiene program in Central Louisiana. Wilton Guillory Interim Head of LSU School of Dentistry says upon graduation, the four-ye...
Oct 20, 2023
Republican Liz Murrill and Democrat Lindsey Cheek seeking to become the state's first female Attorney General
Republican Liz Murrill and Democrat Lindsey Cheek are in a run-off seeking to become the state's first female Attorney General. Murrill won the primary, receiving 45-percent of the vote. Murrill has s...
Oct 19, 2023
