New data shows Louisiana’s poverty crisis, in which more than 1 in 6 residents are stuck at the lowest end of the nation’s income scale, haunted the state into 2025. Louisiana and Mississippi were statistically tied last year for the highest poverty rates…
Can we talk about Social Security for a minute — an important program that helps keep many older adults in Louisiana out of poverty? For years, budget analysts have warned Congress that Social Security has a solvency problem. In less than…
TEXARKANA, Texas - Texarkana Texas Police are investigating … KILGORE, Texas — Located in the heart of East Texas, the Tex… SHREVEPORT, La. — United Way of Northwest Louisiana is collaborating with Entergy Louisiana to launch a new utility bill assistance initiative designed to…
It is very disturbing and disheartening to learn that Planned Parenthood, the largest single provider of abortions in the United States, is reopening a center in New Orleans. Planned Parenthood Great Plains intends to facilitate abortions for Louisiana residents by…
On Wednesday morning, a security guard paced the gated perimeter of Planned Parenthood’s South Claiborne Avenue clinic, where staffers were preparing to treat patients for the first time in roughly a year. "We've only been open for about an hour.
Healthcare coverage by one of the state’s four remaining Medicaid insurers is in question due to a contract dispute between the insurer and the state’s largest health system, health officials said Monday. Louisiana Healthcare Connections is one of four plans…
This week in broadband builds: REV Fiber breaks ground in Louisiana; Oklahoma's IEC wraps last- and middle-mile work; GoNetspeed heads to Haverhill, Massachusetts; Spectrum brings Wi-Fi to California's Silverwood – and more. Related:The Divide: How Oklahoma is meeting digital needs…
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