 | By DREW BROACH | Deputy metro editor |
HEALTH HELP: The proposed sale of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to Elevance Health will lead to the establishment of a $3 billion private foundation, one of the largest of its kind in the United States, to address health inequalities across Louisiana. Some Blue Cross policyholders will receive checks. For more stories likes this, subscribe to our NOLA Business Insider newsletter, emailed weekday mornings. It's free.
MATCH PLAY: A new Topgolf venue is planned in New Orleans for the huge River District development near the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, setting up another potential clash with a rival golf entertainment complex that is being built a few miles away on Howard Avenue.
PIONEER: Huey “Piano” Smith, who fused infectious New Orleans grooves with comic lyrics to create late 1950s rock ’n’ roll classics such as “Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu” and “Sea Cruise,” has died at age 89.
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