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Louisiana Department of Insurance Issues Guidance on NFIP Expiration
Oct 2 2025 // The National Flood Insurance Program expired Wednesday after Congress did not pass a federal budget ahead of an Oct. 1 deadline. The lapse means no new federal flood policies will be sold, and expiring policies will not be...
Coca-Cola Distributor Sued for Disability Discrimination Against Louisiana Worker
Oct 2 2025 // Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. (CCBCU), the third-largest bottler and distributor of Coca-Cola products in the United States, violated federal law by failing to accommodate an employee with a disability and then...
Louisiana FedEx Location Sued for Sexual Harassment
Sep 30 2025 // Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) violated federal law by subjecting a female administrator at the company’s St. Rose, Louisiana location to sexual harassment and firing her when she refused to continue to work...
79-Year-Old Injured in LA Immigration Raid Files $50 Million Claim
Sep 30 2025 // A 79-year-old man in Southern California filed a claim against the federal government for $50 million in damages, saying federal agents violated his civil rights when they tackled him during a Sept. 9 immigration raid at a...
Report: Response to LA Fires Slowed by Lack of Resources, Outdated Alert Process
Sep 29 2025 // A lack of resources and outdated policies for sending emergency alerts led to delayed evacuation warnings as flames began consuming neighborhoods during deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires in January, according to an outside...
The LA Fires Destroyed 11,000 Homes. Less Than 10% Have Permits to Rebuild
Sep 29 2025 // Of the thousands of residents needing to rebuild after this year’s California wildfires, Andy Weyman would seem especially well positioned. The TV and stage director had remodeled his Malibu home just five years...
Edison to Open LA Fire Compensation Applications by Thanksgiving
Sep 24 2025 // Edison International expects to begin accepting applications “well before” Thanksgiving to compensate victims of the deadly Eaton Fire that destroyed swaths of the Los Angeles area in January, according to CEO...
Amynta Group Acquires Louisiana’s International Sureties
Sep 24 2025 // Amynta Group announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Global Surety, LLC, International Sureties Limited and International Sureties SARL (collectively, “International Sureties”), a...
California Labor Commissioner Cites LA Developers $2.3M
Sep 22 2025 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office issued citations totaling more than $2.3 million to multiple developers and operators of construction projects at sites in Los Angeles. The citations stem from an...
California Court Rules LA Retailer Illegally Sold Credit Insurance
Sep 12 2025 // The California Second District Court of Appeals found that a retail store chain illegally sold credit insurance to its customers. The California Department of Justice charged Adir International LLC (dba Curacao), and its...
When Is Your Home Safe After Wildfire Smoke? LA Researchers Have Some Answers
Sep 11 2025 // At a church parking lot near Los Angeles, two hazmat-suit-clad workers vacuumed and wiped most of the contents of Elle Schneider’s house. Surrounded by stacked plastic bins of books and clothes, they opened up the...
US Government Says Southern California Edison Should Pay for LA Fire Costs
Sep 4 2025 // The U.S. asked a federal court to force Southern California Edison to pay for fighting a pair of wildfires that were believed to have originated from its power lines, including the Eaton Fire in January in Los Angeles...
Katrina’s Legacy: Louisiana Fortifies Itself Against the Next Storm
Aug 29 2025 // When Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southern Louisiana 20 years ago, the region was ill-prepared for the 125 mph winds and catastrophic flooding that would follow. Louisiana, like the rest of the United States, was...
Lottery for Louisiana Fortify Homes Program Grants Opening in Coastal Zone
Aug 28 2025 // Registration for the next round of Louisiana Fortify Homes Program (LFHP) grants will open at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 2, and close at 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 12. According to a press release, 500 grants are available in...
Louisiana Governor: No ‘Immediate Danger’ After Auto Plant Fire
Aug 27 2025 // Following a massive fire on Friday at an automotive lubricant plant in southeast Louisiana, residents are reporting soot on cars and oily residue in nearby bodies of water. But Gov. Jeff Landry said that there is no...
Fire at Louisiana Auto Plant Forces Mandatory Evacuation Order
Aug 26 2025 // A fire at an automotive supply plant in Louisiana was 90% contained Sunday, but a mandatory evacuation order remained in place as crews tried to address remaining flames, law enforcement officials said. The fire at...
California Labor Commissioner Cites LA Developers $2.3M
Aug 26 2025 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office issued citations totaling more than $2.3 million to multiple developers and operators of construction projects at sites in Los Angeles. The citations stem from an...
Studies Tie Unrecognized Deaths, Health Problems to Hawaii And LA Wildfires
Aug 19 2025 // The toll of wildfires is usually counted in acres burnt, property destroyed and lives lost to smoke and flames. But three new studies suggest the cost to human health from the Maui and Los Angeles wildfires was...
While LA Burned, Rules to Protect Homes From Wildfires Were on Hold
Aug 12 2025 // As wildfires raged across Los Angeles in January, a state official parried an email from a resident living on the edge of the conflagration: When would long-delayed regulations designed to protect high-risk homes like hers...
Louisiana to Pay $9M Settlement to Man Partially Paralyzed by State Trooper
Aug 11 2025 // Louisiana authorities have agreed to pay $9 million to a man who was partially paralyzed from the waist down after a trooper shot him in the back during a 2018 traffic stop in Baton Rouge and then falsely reported it as a...
