From the Broward New Times: Alan Levine, Governor Jindal’s appointee to lead the state Department of Health and Hospitals collected $35,000 from Florida’s Broward County Community Hospital for moving expenses despite the fact that he never actually moved there.
From the Times-Picayune: Some fear Governor is trying to stall construction on new VA hospital.
Scientists at NASA and LSU claim that sediments deposited in the Mississippi River Delta thousands of years ago are contributing to coastal erosion by causing coastal land to sink. According to the study, the city of New Orleans will sink about three feet over the next 200 years.
Regarding Governor Jindal’s hiring freeze, the Charity Hospital System faces
… patients waiting 120 days on average for primary care appointments…a patient load that has increased 24 percent in the past six months, [and] an expansion plan that could come to a grinding halt if the hiring process is stymied. [The Times-Picayune]
Angele Davis is requiring government agencies to detail their need to hire new employees. State health and higher-education officials, among others, say the process will slow hiring for critical positions.
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