Being evicted from a home can be disruptive and traumatizing for a family, but is an all too common practice in cities around the country, as demonstrated in the 2017 book Evicted.
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65 - Percentage of all births in Louisiana that were covered by Medicaid in 2015, the most recent year reported. (Source: Kaiser Family Foundation)
After months of delay, House Speaker Taylor Barras outlined the budget “reforms” his members want to see as a condition of supporting revenues and avoiding the “fiscal cliff.”
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51 - Louisiana’s ranking on Politico Magazine’s quasi-annual index that compares states on a variety health, educational and socioeconomic indicators. (Source: The Advocate via Politico)
