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The State of Louisiana Health Care Reform
The proposal to transfer the management of Cenla’s Huey P. Long charity hospital to the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport is a small piece of the complex puzzle that makes up the current debate on reforming Louisiana’s health care delivery system. As ninety percent of referrals from the area public medical center end up in Shreveport, the organizations involved have raised little objection to the deal as long as no jobs or programs are displaced. The hospital is currently managed under the LSU Health Care Services Division, and has long supported training programs for the Tulane School of Medicine.…
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Baltimore Sun: Racial Incident Overwhelms Louisiana Town
Perhaps the most solid narrative of the recent events in Jena, Louisiana and their implications and context within the community and across the region. Mr. Witt seems to have really done his homework. Published originally in the Baltimore Sun. By Howard Witt JENA, La. // The trouble in Jena started with the nooses. Then it rumbled along the town’s racial fault lines. Finally, it exploded into months of violence between blacks and whites. Now the 3,000 residents of this small lumber and oil town deep in the heart of central Louisiana are confronting Old South racial demons many thought…
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Living Downstream
A Saturday Washington Post article detailing the national responsibility for saving Louisiana’s coastline has been shared considerably by state bloggers since the weekend. John M. Barry, who also wrote “Rising Tide” and is secretary for the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority East, begins “Our Coast to Fix — Or Lose” outlining the geological history of the lower Mississippi River. He then likens the wetlands to melting ice: “The deprivation of sediment is like moving a block of ice from the freezer to the sink, where it begins to melt; the effect of the canals and pipelines is like attacking that…
CenLamar | Est. 2006
