Latest Louisiana Headlines
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State Looks at Louisiana Highway 70 Detour Options Near Sinkhole
Sep 5 2013 // A growing sinkhole just south of Louisiana Highway 70 in has raised worries in Assumption Parish about subsidence that could cut off the highway and force commuters and school buses to make a 90-minute-plus detour. In...
Louisiana Community ‘a Ghost Town’ a Year After Isaac
Aug 28 2013 // Isaac barely had hurricane-strength winds when it blew ashore southwest of New Orleans a year ago, but its effects are still apparent in coastal areas where it flooded thousands of homes. After landfall on Aug 28, 2012,...
Louisiana Flood Board Votes to Continue Oil, Gas Lawsuit
Aug 20 2013 // A New Orleans-area flood control board has refused to back down from its lawsuit seeking damages from nearly 100 oil and gas companies over coastal erosion allegedly caused by dredging and digging for canals and pipelines....
Louisiana Exports Hit Record $29B for 6-Month Period
Aug 20 2013 // Louisiana’s worldwide exports increased 3.4 percent to a record $29.0 billion in the first six months of 2013, compared to the same period in 2012. The World Trade Center of New Orleans said Louisiana’s...
Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance to Boost its Line of Credit to $125M
Aug 19 2013 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort received approval from state officials to bump up its bank line of credit, giving the company more resources to cover claim costs if the state is hit with a significant...
Former Louisiana Deputy Insurance Commissioner Sentenced
Aug 16 2013 // A former deputy commissioner at the Louisiana Department of Insurance has received a prison sentence for racketeering, according to Justice Department officials. Acting United States Attorney J. Walter Green in the U.S....
Landrieu: Louisiana Dragging Its Feet on Health Revamp
Aug 16 2013 // U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana said that the resistance of Republican state leaders to the Affordable Care Act was “hurting people” by making it more difficult to carry out the insurance changes required...
Report: More Reforms Needed for Flood, Wind Insurance Programs
Aug 15 2013 // A new report this week from the Union of Concerned Scientists, a watchdog group, warns that sea level rise and worsening storm surge are increasing both the risks of flooding in coastal communities and the potential for...
Flood Official: Oil Companies ‘Trashed the Hotel Room’
Aug 15 2013 // A Louisiana flood control official is likening the oil and gas industry in coastal Louisiana to rock stars who bring a lot of money to the area but, in his words, “trashed the hotel room.” Stephen Estopinal was...
Fire District Work Pays Off for Louisiana Town
Aug 7 2013 // Chackbay, La., homeowners won’t see their property insurance costs increase since the community’s volunteer fire department has made improvements. The Courier reports an assessment performed in May by the...
Cleanup Underway At Derailment Site in Louisiana
Aug 6 2013 // About 100 homes remained evacuated as officials worked to clean up the site of a 26-car train derailment in Louisiana near the small community of Lawtell, about 60 miles west of Baton Rouge. State police said crews were...
Fraud Roundup
Aug 5 2013 // Former Oklahoma Insurance Agent Sentenced A former Bixby, Okla., insurance agent has been sentenced to 10 months home confinement after pleading guilty to wire fraud that allowed him to illegally take commissions earned by...
Louisiana Recovers $4M in Additional Insurance Payments in First Half 2013
Jul 30 2013 // Louisiana insurance policyholders received an additional $4 million in insurance payments in the first half of 2013 as a result of assistance from the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI). Insurance Commissioner Jim...
Louisiana Parish not Responsible for Property Lost in Hurricane Fire
Jul 26 2013 // Jefferson Parish in Louisiana cannot be made to pay for belongings lost in a rented house that burned down at the height of Hurricane Gustav while the sheriff tried to put out the fire with a garden hose, a judge has...
Louisiana Agency Sues Big Oil Firms for Hurting Wetlands
Jul 25 2013 // A Louisiana agency sued 97 oil companies – including BP Plc, Exxon Mobil Corp, Chevron Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc – in state court on Wednesday for allegedly damaging hundreds of miles of sensitive wetlands...
44 Rescued From Gulf Rig After Natural Gas Blowout off Louisiana Coast
Jul 25 2013 // Natural gas spewed uncontrolled from a well of the Louisiana coast on July 23 after a blowout that forced the evacuation of 44 workers aboard a drilling rig, authorities said. No injuries were reported in the midmorning...
Louisiana Home Elevation Consultant Sentenced to 10 Years
Jul 25 2013 // A consultant already serving federal and state prison sentences for bribing state officials in the home elevation grant program, pleaded guilty to six counts of theft, for taking money from people but not doing the...
Flood Insurance an Issue in Louisiana’s U.S. Senate Race
Jul 24 2013 // U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu and her Senate race challenger, U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy, are jockeying for credit and prominence on a high-profile problem for many Louisiana residents: the skyrocketing cost of flood insurance...
6 Plead Guilty in Louisiana Auto Accident Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jul 23 2013 // Six defendants in a case involving an automobile accident insurance fraud scheme in Louisiana have pleaded guilty, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced. The pleas were heard by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks,...
Auditors: Risk Management Privatization Saved Louisiana $10M
Jul 22 2013 // Louisiana has saved more than $10 million in the first two years of a privatization contract for claims processing and loss prevention services for the Office of Risk Management, auditors told lawmakers. Members of the...
