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The Louisiana Capitol stands prominently, April 4, 2023, in Baton Rouge, La. Louisiana officials are debating the possible sale of the state's largest non-profit health insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana. A legislative committee held an eight hour hearing Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, discussing the proposed $2.5 billion sale to a for-profit company that is one of the nation’s largest insurers based in Indiana. Currently nearly half of Louisianans get their insurance from Blue Cross. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith, File)

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Nonprofit Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana seeks approval for sale to Elevance
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tue,02/06/24-4:38PM , 110 Reads
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — State officials are continuing discussions of a possible $2.5 billion sale of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, a non-profit health insurer used by nearly half of the state's residents, to a much larger for-profit insurer based in Indiana.
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Voters fill in their ballots at at Precinct 5 at Wood Activity & Therapeutic Center in Clinton, Miss., during the general election, Nov. 7, 2023. Since most Americans last voted for Congress, thousands of people have been added to certain voting districts — and subtracted from others — under new political maps enacted following court rulings. (Barbara Gauntt/The Clarion-Ledger via AP, file)

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Court cases lead to new voting districts in some states. Could it affect control of Congress?
By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press
Tue,02/06/24-8:53AM , 126 Reads
Since most Americans last voted for Congress, thousands of people have been added to certain voting districts — and subtracted from others — under new political maps enacted following court rulings.
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Opinion: Surely you've heard about the Super Bowl conspiracy!
Mon,02/05/24-5:46PM , 1,997 Reads 11,445 Statewide
You probably know that music superstar Taylor Swift has been turning heads at Kansas City Chiefs football games when she shows up to root for her boyfriend Travis Kelce, the best tight end in pro football.
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Residents wade down a street through receding floodwaters, two days after Hurricane Patricia, in the village of Rebalse, Jalisco State, Mexico, Oct. 25, 2015. A handful of powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has some experts proposing a new category of hurricanes: Category 6, which would be for storms with wind speeds of 192 miles per hour or more. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

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Dial it up to Category 6? As warming stokes storms, some want a bigger hurricane category
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Mon,02/05/24-3:46PM , 157 Reads
A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6.
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