Latest Louisiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Revised Medicaid Expansion Backed by Louisiana House Panel
May 10 2013 // A proposal that would tap into federal funding available to offer insurance to the working poor narrowly received the backing of the House health committee, after two Republican lawmakers sided with Democrats to advance...
Louisiana Ex-Furniture Store Operator Pleads Guilty in Fraud Case
May 8 2013 // A former operator of a Baton Rouge, La., furniture store destroyed by a fire in 2006 pleaded guilty to a wire fraud charge stemming from the blaze and was put on probation. The Advocate reported that Ron Henderson, who...
RIMS Conference in LA Risks No Loss of Subject Matter
May 6 2013 // Renewal of the Terrorism and Risk Insurance Act was a much talked about topic at the annual Risk and Insurance Management Society conference, a four-day event in Los Angeles, Calif. in late April that included panels...
Louisiana’s Ag Economy Hits Record $11.4B in 2012
Apr 30 2013 // The LSU AgCenter says high prices and record yields for corn and soybeans drove Louisiana’s agricultural economy to a record high of $11.4 billion last year. That’s about 6.5 percent more than the 2011 total of...
Storms Flood Streets, Damage Houses in Southeast Louisiana
Apr 26 2013 // A fast-moving line of intense thunderstorms flooded streets, knocked out power to more than 30,000 people in southeast Louisiana on April 24 and spawned two tornadoes that damaged homes and businesses in Jefferson...
Report: LA Tops List Of Cities With Worst Traffic
Apr 25 2013 // Los Angeles has the worst traffic in the nation, according to a new report. The Los Angeles Times reported LA beat out Honolulu for jam leader in the 2012 scorecard from traffic information firm INRIX. The scorecard says...
Louisiana Will Chip in on Bayou Pointe-aux-Chenes Floodgate Cost
Apr 22 2013 // State officials in Louisiana have approved a grant that will pay for 50 percent of the cost of a new floodgate to be built on Bayou Pointe-aux-Chenes. The Courier reports the barge floodgate will be 56 feet wide and 18...
Senate Bill Would Require Approval of Large Louisiana Citizens Rate Hikes
Apr 18 2013 // Large rate hikes for customers of Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort would require legislative approval, under a bill that received Senate Insurance Committee backing. St. Mary Parish Sen. Bret Allain...
Audit Says Louisiana May Owe Feds for Misspent Storm Aid
Apr 18 2013 // Louisiana may owe the federal government more than $115 million for disaster relief aid that was misspent or awarded to ineligible recipients after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, a state audit said. The legislative auditor...
Louisiana Lawmakers Seek Better Oversight of Salt Mines
Apr 16 2013 // Lawmakers in Lousiana are looking to prevent a repeat of the massive Assumption Parish sinkhole that officials say was caused by a collapsed underground salt cavern – and make sure prospective property owners know what...
Louisiana Katrina/ Rita Class Action Flood Settlement Process Revised
Apr 16 2013 // A previous version of the more than $20 million settlement proposed in 2008 in a class action suit over flooding in Louisiana stemming from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita has been revised. The new settlement now includes a...
Louisiana Town Wants to Toughen Law on Pit Bulls
Apr 15 2013 // City officials in Westwego, La., want to make it more difficult for residents to own pit bulls in a crackdown following a near-fatal attack last month. The Times-Picayune reports officials are working on amendments to...
Louisiana Bill Would Ban Social Media Posts While Driving
Apr 12 2013 // Hold that Twitter thought. If you are driving in Louisiana, a proposed state law would make it illegal for you to post status updates or anything else to social media websites. With an eye toward closing a loophole in the...
Houma, Louisiana Floodgate to Be Ready for Hurricane Season
Apr 10 2013 // The flow of the Houma Navigation Canal in Louisiana completely stopped recently for the first time in the waterway’s 50-year existence. The door of the Bubba Dove Floodgate was connected and fully closed as part of...
Travelers Settles with Louisiana Policyholders over Katrina/Rita Damage
Apr 9 2013 // Travelers Insurance announced it has reached a settlement with policyholders in Louisiana over property damage caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The Hurricane Katrina-Travelers Settlement Administrator said the...
No New Plan for Dealing with Citizens’ Insurance Budget Gap
Apr 9 2013 // The governing board for Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort didn’t choose an alternate approach on April 3 to balance the company’s books after a $100 million borrowing plan stalled at the state...
Insurance Company Settlement Money to Bolster Louisiana’s Budget
Apr 8 2013 // Louisiana has received $95 million in legal settlements with insurance companies, ending questions about whether the money would roll in for this year’s budget or leave lawmakers scrambling to fill a...
Ruling Against BP Clears Way for Appeal of Spill Payouts
Apr 5 2013 // A U.S. judge’s ruling Friday against BP Plc means the company can proceed with its appeal of the way a court-appointed administrator apportions payments for claims related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, some...
The Never Ending Snoball Fight
Apr 4 2013 // Snowfall in Southern Louisiana is a rarity, but one doozy of a snowball fight has been ongoing since at least 2006 and has resulted in four separate lawsuits, now consolidated in the United States District Court for the...
Louisiana-Based AMERISAFE Announces Management Changes
Apr 1 2013 // DeRidder, La.-based AMERISAFE Inc., a specialty provider of hazardous workers’ compensation insurance, has promoted G. Janelle Frost, currently the company’s chief financial officer, has been promoted to chief...
