Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Louisiana Employment, Wages Increased in 2011
Oct 25 2012 // Employment in Louisiana increased by a modest 0.8 percent in 2011 compared with 2010, but wages grew by 3 percent during the same period, according to data released by the Louisiana Workforce Commission. The data covers...
Declarations – South Central
Oct 22 2012 // Counterfeit Airbags “Anytime equipment that is critical to protecting drivers and passengers fails to operate properly, it is a serious safety concern.” —U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The National...
Falling Trees: Act of God or Covered Event?
Oct 22 2012 // Another Atlantic hurricane season is nearing its official end on Nov. 30, but the peak activity period of August to October is largely complete. While it has been an active season in terms of named storms, only a few have...
Louisiana Citizens: Claims from Hurricane Isaac 85% Settled
Oct 22 2012 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. reported as of Oct. 15 it has received 17,059 claims from Hurricane Isaac. Ninety-seven percent of those claims have been inspected by company adjusters and 85 percent have been...
Louisiana Supreme Court Reduces Insurer Citizens’ Late Payment Penalty
Oct 19 2012 // The Louisiana Supreme Court has relieved the state’s property insurer of last resort of the burden of paying a $125,000 penalty for late payment of a claim settlement stemming from Hurricane Gustav in 2008. Instead,...
Louisiana Citizens: More Than 17K Claims from Hurricane Isaac, 85% Settled
Oct 15 2012 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. reported it has received 17,059 claims from Hurricane Isaac. Ninety-seven percent of those claims have been inspected by company adjusters and 85 percent have been settled. Loss...
FEMA Waives Repayment of Nearly $95M in Louisiana Storm Aid
Oct 12 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has waived the repayment of nearly $95 million that the agency believes was improperly paid to victims of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma According to a report by the Department...
Louisiana in 2011 Saw Decline in Rear-Seat Passenger Deaths
Oct 10 2012 // More people in Louisiana seem to be buckling up in the back seat. The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission says preliminary crash data shows that 34 rear-seat passengers were killed in Louisiana crashes in 2011. The...
Cameron, Louisiana Residents Urged to Buy Flood Insurance Now
Oct 9 2012 // Residents without flood insurance in Louisiana’s Cameron Parish should buy coverage before the new Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps become effective Nov. 16 so they can get the best premiums, a FEMA...
Police Say Louisiana Stolen Property Website Helping Owners
Oct 8 2012 // A new website launched last month by the Opelousas Police Department to help the rightful owners to recover their stolen property is producing results. Police Chief Perry Gallow told The Daily World he personally returned...
Gulf States Pressure Obama Over BP Spill Settlement Funds
Oct 8 2012 // Senators from the U.S. Gulf Coast urged President Barack Obama on Friday to ensure that any legal settlement for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill does not undermine a recently passed law that would funnel billions of...
Louisiana Senator Blasts BP, Coast Guard Over Spill Cleanup
Oct 8 2012 // Louisiana’s Republican U.S. senator recently blasted oil giant BP PLC for what he called its attempt to run from its full cleanup responsibilities for the nation’s worst offshore spill, the 2010 disaster that...
LSU Gets $1.5M to Study Sustainability of Louisiana Coast
Oct 5 2012 // Louisiana State University has been awarded $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation to investigate whether southern coastal Louisiana has reached the tipping point, becoming too costly to sustain. The...
Sinkhole Hits Businesses, Home Values in Rural Louisiana
Oct 2 2012 // Dennis Landry’s bed and breakfast was in the middle of a record business year before a sinkhole prompted authorities to tell 150 households in the towns of Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou in Louisiana to evacuate. Soon...
Isaac Damaged 59,000 Homes in Louisiana
Oct 1 2012 // Hurricane Isaac damaged nearly 59,000 homes as the slow-moving storm crawled across southeast Louisiana, according to the latest damage estimates. The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness...
Louisiana Seeks to Use Hurricane Recovery Money for Pre-K Program
Sep 28 2012 // Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration wants to shift $20 million in hurricane recovery dollars for hurricanes Gustav and Ike to fill in budget gaps in the state’s free preschool program for at-risk students. The...
Texas Brine Blames Tremors for Louisiana Sinkhole
Sep 26 2012 // Officials say tremors recorded in Louisiana’s Assumption Parish since late May could be why a brine cavern encased within the Napoleonville salt dome failed and caused a massive sinkhole. Texas Brine Co. spokesman...
Louisiana City Parish Pays Settlement in Junked Vehicle Lawsuit
Sep 26 2012 // Lafayette Consolidated Government has paid $70,000 to a man who challenged the constitutionality of the city-parish’s junked vehicle ordinance in a 2007 lawsuit. That’s according to the settlement...
Work-Related Fatalities in Louisiana Decline
Sep 25 2012 // The number of work-related fatalities in 2011 in Louisiana declined to 109, according to a preliminary report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. This is down slightly from...
Company Cited for Safety/Health Violations at Louisiana Facility
Sep 24 2012 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Westlake Vinyls Co. LP in Geismar, La., for 10 serious safety and health violations, primarily related to OSHA’s process...
