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Lawmakers kill minimum pay raise in Louisiana, where one in five people live in poverty
Shreveport Times | The Times via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBut those who opposed the bill like Patrick Robinson with the Louisiana Association for Business and...
Louisiana House passes budget with uncertainty on how much pay teachers will receive | New Orleans'...
Louisiana Weekly· 14 hours agoThe plan also does not specify that the teacher stipend funding needs to be distributed evenly to all public school teachers, as it has been in the past. School districts would have the flexibility ...
Holdout states consider expanding Medicaid—with work requirements
Medical Xpress· 4 days agoIn Belzoni, the county seat, there are just a handful of health care clinics. Jobs in the area are...
Latino: Medicaid expansion arguments crumble under mild scrutiny
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 5 days agoAnswering seven false arguments being advanced by supporters of Medicaid expansion. In a March Mason-Dixon/Magnolia Tribune poll, a full 90-percent of Republican primary voters ...
Funding for crisis pregnancy centers could soon double or triple in some states
Louisiana Illuminator via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoIt can be hard to monitor them all, so States Newsroom’s Reproductive Rights Today team tracks...
Mississippi Medicaid Expansion
Anacortes American· 6 days agoRoy Campbell, a Jackson attorney, was among a group of small business owners who urged lawmakers to fully fund a Mississippi Medicaid expansion plan...
You’ve covered your copayment; now brace yourself for the ‘facility fee’
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 54 minutes agoEven if you have health insurance, you might expect to be charged a copayment for some routine care,...
CVS opens workforce training, community development center in Baton Rouge
WVLA Baton Rouge via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe facility also features a new Community Resource Center, which is supported by Aetna Better...
Teacher stipend, early childhood education cut in budget proposal
Louisiana Illuminator via Yahoo News· 6 days agoLouisiana lawmakers advanced a state budget proposal Tuesday that would cut public school teacher...
Medicare: "Don't you (forget about me)" in workers' compensation settlements
Reuters· 5 days agoSettlements must ensure the responsibility of the injured workers' medical care is not shifted to the Medicare program when it properly rests with the employer and its carrier. According to ...
