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Ida Loses Punch, Levees Hold; Louisiana Expects More Rain, Flooding
Aug 29 2021 // Ida lost some of its punch over southwestern Mississippi on Aug. 30 after making landfall in Louisiana as one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the region, but it could still trigger heavy flooding, the National...
Video Shows Louisiana Trooper Pummeling Black Man
Aug 27 2021 // Graphic body camera video kept secret for more than two years shows a Louisiana State Police trooper pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight – an attack the trooper defended as “pain...
Louisiana Hospital System Will Require Employees to Get Vaccinated
Aug 26 2021 // Louisiana’s largest hospital system, Ochsner Health, said that it is requiring all of its employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 29. The announcement came a day after the Pfizer vaccine received...
$40M in Hurricane Laura Repairs at Louisiana College
Aug 25 2021 // A southwest Louisiana community college says it has nearly completed more than $40 million in repairs and rebuilding needed because of damage from last year’s Hurricane Laura. The need for skilled workers to repair...
Massive 2016 Flood Still Defines South Louisiana Parish
Aug 24 2021 // Jennifer Carnevale’s yard can hold 23 inches of water before her house floods. She knows because her family has seen the water cross that all-important threshold, twice. “We’ve measured it,” the...
Hurricane Laura Hit Louisiana a Year Ago but Recovery Is Ongoing
Aug 24 2021 // Hurricane Laura made landfall in Southwest Louisiana nearly a year ago but local officials and state insurance regulators say the area still a long way to go to recover. Laura, which made landfall on August 27, 2020,...
Prosecutors in Louisiana Reach $2M Settlement with Exonerated Man
Aug 23 2021 // Local prosecutors have reached a $2 million settlement with a New Orleans man who spent 23 years in prison before being cleared on charges including rape and manslaughter. “I welcome this measure of justice after so...
Louisiana’s Orleans Parish to Pay $2M to Exonerated Man in Settlement
Aug 20 2021 // Local prosecutors have reached a $2 million settlement with a New Orleans man who spent 23 years in prison before being cleared on charges including rape and manslaughter. “I welcome this measure of justice after so...
Louisiana to Insurance Producers: You Must Have a License to Do Business in State
Aug 17 2021 // Louisiana insurance regulators issued a new advisory reminding people who sell insurance in the state that they must have a licensed to do so. According to the Louisiana Department of Insurance Advisory Letter 2021-05,...
Safety Regulations a Focus at Hearing into Deadly Louisiana Lift Boat Accident
Aug 16 2021 // A public hearing into the deadly capsizing of the Seacor Power lift boat off the coast of Louisiana has ended. The two-week U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation hearing concluded Aug. 13 with testimony from two...
Another Guilty Plea in Louisiana Staged Truck Accident Schemes
Aug 12 2021 // A Louisiana man pleaded guilty of participating in insurance fraud scheme involving staged accidents with commercial trucks in the New Orleans area. The U.S. Justice Department said Dewayne Coleman, age 22, of Marrero,...
New Rules Governing Misconduct Claims at Louisiana’s Colleges Enacted
Aug 12 2021 // Louisiana’s top higher education board on Aug. 10 enacted the rules governing how college campuses must respond to and report sexual misconduct and harassment complaints, with training for school administrators...
Louisiana 2020 Hurricane Update: $10B in Claims Reported as of June 30
Aug 9 2021 // The amount of money that insurers expect to pay for the 2020 hurricanes continues to grow, albeit more slowly, as Louisiana gets further away from last year’s historic storm season. According to the Louisiana...
Panel Revives Jurisdictional Question in Louisiana Suits Against Oil Giants
Aug 9 2021 // The question of whether lawsuits blaming big oil companies for loss of vulnerable Louisiana coastal wetlands will be tried in state courts, as local parish governments want, or in federal courts, as the oil companies want,...
2 Louisiana Parishes Designated Agriculture Natural Disaster Areas
Aug 5 2021 // Farmers in two south Louisiana parishes who lost property during extreme weather in April through June may be eligible for federal aid, Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain said. Physical-loss loans...
Two Louisiana Parishes May Be Eligible for Federal Aid From Tropical Storm Damage
Aug 5 2021 // Farmers in two south Louisiana parishes who lost property during extreme weather in April through June may be eligible for federal aid, Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain said...
Louisiana Doctor Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud, Conspiracy
Aug 4 2021 // A Lake Charles, Louisiana, orthopedic surgeon pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud conspiracy, the U.S. Justice Department reported. Robert Dale Bernauer Sr., 74, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to...
Work Begins on $760M Louisiana River Parishes Levee Project
Aug 2 2021 // Work has formally begun in Louisiana on a $760 million, three-parish levee project that was first proposed a half-century ago. State officials said 17.5 miles of levee and a mile of T-wall will protect 60,000 residents of...
Resettlement Homes on Louisiana Island Designed to Help Weather Storms
Aug 2 2021 // Residents relocating from an eroding island off Louisiana’s Terrebonne Parish will move into homes built and designed to help weather hurricanes. Officials involved with the project toured the New Isle development in...
Deadline Nears for FEMA Aid Applications in SW Louisiana
Jul 28 2021 // Southwest Louisiana residents and businesses have only a few more days to apply for federal disaster assistance because of property damage or other eligible losses in May due to severe storms, tornadoes and flooding. FEMA...
