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  • Feds propose fee on health insurers in new market

    November 30, 2012 3:58 PM

    WASHINGTON - Health insurance companies will have to pay to play in new health insurance markets coming under President Barack Obama's health care law. The federal Health and Human Services department said Friday it is proposing a "user fee" amounting to 3.5 percent of premiums for health insurers who want... more »
  • Judge orders tobacco companies to say they lied

    November 27, 2012 3:16 PM

    WASHINGTON - A federal judge is ordering tobacco companies to publish corrective statements that say they lied about the dangers of smoking and to disclose smoking's health effects, including the death of 1,200 people a day. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler had already said she wanted the industry to... more »
  • Administration joins insurers to hit health fraud

    July 26, 2012 10:55 AM

    WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is launching an ambitious new drive against health care fraud by mining claims data from insurance companies and government programs in hopes of ferreting out bogus billing. Details of the plan are being announced Thursday at the White House by Health and Human Services Secretary... more »
  • WF Fire looks to add on amid parish growth

    June 21, 2012 10:16 AM

    BATON ROUGE- The West Feliciana Parish Fire Department is growing, along with the number of people living in the parish. Fire Chief James Wood says a full time technician is needed to keep up with 12 engine companies, 10 tankers, 2 rescue trucks and various other equipment. He says... more »
  • Obama: Insurance companies will pay for contraceptives

    February 10, 2012 11:39 AM

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama introduced a revamped birth control policy Friday morning that he says will protect both religious liberties and women's access to contraception. Speaking at the White House, Obama announced changes that religious employers will not have to cover birth control for their employees. Instead,... more »
  • Cancer drug shortage cuts into treatments in BR

    August 23, 2011 10:48 PM

    BATON ROUGE- Drugs used for years to fight cancer, and make treatments less damaging long-term, are in short supply. That leaves hundreds of cancer patients turning to what's left, but sometimes it's not what's best. Doctors say the shortage is spawned by drug-makers. The claim is, they're not... more »
  • Some production closed off in Don's approach

    July 28, 2011 1:44 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - Two major petroleum companies have evacuated offshore operations in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico with the approach of Tropical Storm Don. The storm is expected to make landfall Friday in southeastern Texas. Royal Dutch Shell said it planned to have 195 workers evacuated from its... more »
  • House passes bill making it easier to drill

    May 5, 2011 2:26 PM

    WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled House has passed the first of three bills aimed at making it easier for oil companies to drill offshore. The House passed the first measure 266-149 Thursday. It would force the government to conduct three lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and one off... more »
  • Motorola Splits into 2 Companies

    January 3, 2011 7:39 PM

    On Tuesday, Motorola splits into two companies marking the final step in the breakup of a pioneer in the consumer electronics industry. Motorola is splitting its consumer-oriented side, which makes cell-phones, from the professional business of selling police radios, barcode scanners and government and corporate consumers. The two companies will... more »
  • Mortgage companies accused of 'robo-signing'

    October 13, 2010 10:08 PM

    The Attorney General's Office in Louisiana is now investigating whether mortgage companies mishandled documents and broke the law foreclosing on homes. The mortgage companies are accused of robo-signing. That’s when they fail to verify the accuracy of foreclosure documents and have them improperly notarized. It’s illegal and may be... more »
  • Justice Department sues three major credit card companies

    October 4, 2010 2:33 PM

    The Justice Department is suing credit card companies American Express, Visa and MasterCard for anticompetitive practices. The lawsuit says the card companies are impeding merchants from promoting the use of competing credit or charge cards with lower acceptance fees. In papers filed in federal court in Brooklyn, the department and... more »
  • 3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well

    August 1, 2010 10:22 AM

    On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the environmental disaster. Workers say the companies' adversarial relationship before Congress, in public statements and maybe... more »
  • Some Ascension citizens face sewer rate hikes

    July 12, 2010 8:45 AM

    Two interrelated sewer companies that serve subdivisions in Ascension Parish are seeking rate increases that would as much as double monthly residential bills. Ascension Wastewater Treatment Utilities Inc. and Wastewater Treatment Utilities Inc. each want to raise monthly sewer rates to a $41 flat fee for residential and commercial users.... more »
  • 3 companies plan to apply for license

    June 10, 2010 7:30 AM

    Three companies are interested in obtaining the gaming license that was relinquished by Pinnacle Entertainment in April. The Louisiana Gaming Commission received letters of intent to apply for the license from Tomorrow Investors in Lake Charles, Saint Gabriel Downs in Lafayette and Peninsula Gaming in Dubuque, Iowa. The gaming commission... more »
  • Senate hearings prompting spill blame game

    May 11, 2010 6:42 AM

    The finger-pointing has started as Congress begins hearings today on the massive oil spill in the Gulf. Executives of the three companies involved in the drilling activities are trying to shift responsibility to each other in Testimony prepared for a pair of hearings. Lawmakers are expected to ask BP why... more »
  • Companies to pay in Superfund Settlement

    April 3, 2010 8:01 PM

    Two companies have agreed to pay at least $4.8M of the $7.5M superfund cleanup of radioactive soil and debris near St. Gabriel. Exxon-Mobil Corporation in Baton Rouge and Holcim Incorportated were involved in sending the soil to Coastal Radiation Services, between 1973 and 1978. The public has until... more »
  • Companies fined $22,000 each in cattle deaths

    March 26, 2010 8:34 AM

    Two energy companies must each pay $22,000 for violating state law in connection with the deaths of 17 cows at a natural gas well site almost a year ago. Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality mailed identical letters spelling out the settlement agreement with Chesapeake Energy Corp. and its contractor Schlumberger... more »

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