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Some Head Start providers in Louisiana have taken out loans to keep operating if the government shutdown stretches into its second month.
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The East Baton Rouge Metro Council hopes to persuade more public service retirees to switch to a government-funded health care plan it offers to help make up for a $21 million budget shortfall. -
The move makes Louisiana the only state in the Gulf South attempting to fund SNAP benefits for residents next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown. -
A letter from Health Secretary Bruce Greenstein to staff at LDH states that employees will be furloughed without pay for up to 240 hours between November 3 and December 2. -
Home prices are rising in Huntsville, but so far, the city’s avoided the skyrocketing costs in other boom towns.
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