(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 modeled costs.
(The Center Square) — Trump administration officials celebrated legal wins at the U.S. Supreme Court over the past year and looked ahead to the court’s upcoming term.
(The Center Square) — Louisiana's top auditor says the state is increasingly working with federal prosecutors to turn findings of fraud, waste and abuse into criminal cases as Washington expands its effort to police fraud involving programs such as Medicaid, food assistance and federal grants.
(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 in Asia.
(Editor’s Note: An arrest does not indicate whether a person is guilty of the crime with which they have been charged. A person is not considered guilty until they are convicted of a crime in a court of law.)
(The Center Square) — Inflation remains the issue American voters rank as most important heading into the midterms, with prices topping their list of concerns for a third consecutive poll, a new national poll finds.
(The Center Square) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. The change, which the president said takes effect “immediately,” comes after the president toyed with the idea amid trade tensions with Canada.
Jeff Davis Parish leaders are asking local businesses to help answer a simple but important question: How can today’s students become tomorrow’s workforce without leaving home? That question brought educators, business owners, elected officials and industry representatives together this week for the inaugural Jeff Davis Parish Workforce Alliance Lunch & Learn at SOWELA Technical Community College in Jennings, where organizers introduced a new initiative aimed at strengthening partnerships between schools and employers while expanding career opportunities for local students. 'I think this is the best way to do that by bringing our industry leaders all in the same room together and see what things we can do as a parish to get students to stay in the parish with the job opportunities that we have.” — Economic Development Director Cesilee Oliver Jeff Davis Parish Economic Development Director Cesilee Oliver said the idea grew from conversations with Jeff Davis Parish School Board officials about creating a practical way to connect businesses with students preparing to enter the workforce.
A Jennings man was sentenced to two years at hard labor with the Louisiana Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to felony charges involving methamphetamine possession and obscenity. David Bruce Reinhardt of Jennings recently pled guilty to possession of methamphetamine, less than two grams, a felony violation of Louisiana Revised Statute 40:967(C).
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