Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Louisiana Governor Addresses Climate Change Challenges at COP26
Nov 8 2021 // With his trip to an international climate change conference, Gov. John Bel Edwards acknowledged Louisiana’s obvious front-row seat to the problems of a warming planet while raising his profile on an issue few of the...
Shreveport, Louisiana Medical Testing Supplies Distributor Sued for Race Discrimination
Nov 1 2021 // American Screening, LLC, a drug and medical testing supplies distributor in Shreveport, Louisiana, violated federal law when it fired a worker because of her hair, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...
Lake Charles, Louisiana Faces Long Recovery After Series of Severe Storms
Nov 1 2021 // In a century-old building in a long-faded part of town, the lights go on, the curtains open and a cast of tap dancers swing into action. A year ago, it wasn’t clear if this would happen again. “We looked around...
Louisiana Implements Mediation Program for Hurricane Ida Claims
Nov 1 2021 // Louisiana has established a voluntary mediation program for the purpose of resolving property/casualty insurance claim disputes related to damage caused by Hurricane Ida, which struck Southeast Louisiana as a category 4...
Louisiana Turns to Travel Trailers For Residents Displaced by Ida
Oct 29 2021 // Louisiana’s temporary housing program for people displaced by Hurricane Ida is increasing its pace of getting people into travel trailers, but Gov. John Bel Edwards said he’s still pushing for the program to...
Louisiana Tornado Damages Homes in Region Still Reeling From Hurricanes
Oct 29 2021 // A tornado touched down in western Louisiana Wednesday, Oct. 28, damaging more than a dozen homes in a part of the state still struggling to recover from repeated weather disasters, officials said. The National Weather...
Severe Storm Brings Tornado Watch to Texas, Louisiana
Oct 27 2021 // A severe storm generated thunderstorms and reports of tornados across southeastern Texas into Louisiana late morning Wednesday, Oct. 27. The National Weather Service put out severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings for...
Louisiana Mayor: 300-400 Buildings Condemned From Hurricane Laura Damage
Oct 22 2021 // A Louisiana mayor says 300 to 400 commercial buildings damaged last year by Hurricane Laura are being condemned or marked for demolition. Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter told the City Council on Wednesday that he realizes...
Louisiana Lawmaker Slams Ida Housing Assistance Program
Oct 20 2021 // A Louisiana House leader offered blistering criticism Monday of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ temporary housing program for people with severe home damage from Hurricane Ida, slamming the effort as moving too slowly to...
Louisiana Doc to Pay $640K in Kickback Violations Case
Oct 20 2021 // A Louisiana physician agreed to pay more than $600,000 to resolve allegation that he accepted kickback payments for referrals of home health patients. The U.S. Justice Department said Dr. Llewelyn Simon, an internal...
One80 Acquires Louisiana’s Equity Partners Insurance Services
Oct 19 2021 // Boston-based One80 Intermediaries (One80), a national wholesale broker, program manager, third-party administrator (TPA), warranty and lender-based insurance provider, and insurance aggregator, has acquired Equity Partners...
Louisiana Implements Mediation Program for Hurricane Ida Claims
Oct 18 2021 // Louisiana has established a voluntary mediation program for the purpose of resolving property/casualty insurance claim disputes related to damage caused by Hurricane Ida, which struck Southeast Louisiana as a category 4...
As Louisiana Port Rebuilds After Hurricane Ida, Loss of Wetlands Seen as Threat
Oct 15 2021 // On Louisiana’s south coast, in a key port servicing the U.S. offshore oil industry, a huge shipyard sits idle and in tatters. Where parts of the nine-bay terminal’s roof once hung, only a tangle of twisted...
NTSB: Louisiana Boat’s Engine Room-Only Fuel Shutoff Valves Let Fire Spread
Oct 11 2021 // Fuel shutoff valves outside the engine room might have stopped a fire that destroyed a shrimp boat after an explosion off Louisiana last year, federal investigators say. Other shrimpers saw the smoke and rescued all four...
Louisiana Health System Sued Over Vaccine Mandate
Oct 8 2021 // A small number of employees of Louisiana’s largest health system are suing to block a requirement that they get the COVID-19 vaccine in order to keep their jobs. The lawsuits filed in Louisiana state district courts...
Louisiana Hospital: Judge’s Ivermectin Court Order Invites Lawsuits
Oct 6 2021 // A judge’s order to give the deworming drug ivermectin to a critically ill COVID-19 patient invites more lawsuits demanding unapproved drugs for life-threatening illnesses, a Louisiana hospital says. St. Tammany...
Louisiana Firestone Plant to Pay $4M to Settle Pollution Charges
Oct 5 2021 // A major manufacturer of synthetic rubber, Firestone Polymers LLC, has agreed to pay $4 million in fines and an environmental project and make numerous improvements to settle a long list of state and federal air pollution...
Entergy Faces $150K Fine for Violations at Louisiana Nuclear Plant
Oct 4 2021 // A federal agency is proposing a $150,000 fine against Entergy Operations Inc. for three violations at its nuclear power plant in Louisiana. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Oct. 1 announced the fine regarding...
Over 175 Bronze Vases Stolen from Louisiana Cemeteries
Oct 4 2021 // At least one person has been arrested after more than 175 bronze vases were stolen off graves in two southwest Louisiana cemeteries. More than 100 vases were stolen from Consolata Cemetery in Lake Charles and, next door,...
Study: Louisiana Auto Insurance Least Affordable in Nation
Oct 4 2021 // Louisiana has the least affordable auto insurance in the United States according to a recently published affordability index by Insurance Research Council (IRC). IRC’s affordability index measures the proportion of...
