Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Army Corps of Engineers Completes Post-Katrina Protections in Louisiana
May 31 2022 // Seventeen years after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has completed an extensive system of floodgates, strengthened levees and other protections. The 130-mile (210-kilometer) ring is...
Abandoned Louisiana Oil Wells Slated to Receive Clean Up in Infrastructure Bill
May 27 2022 // About $33 million of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan recently signed into law by President Joe Biden will go toward cleaning up 277 of an estimated 15,000 abandoned oil and gas wells on federal land, the...
Milestone Partners Acquires Louisiana’s GoAuto
May 27 2022 // Milestone Partners acquired specialty auto insurance holding company Drive Assurance Holdings LLC (“Drive Assurance”) and the related acquisition of GoAuto, LLC (“GoAuto”) and its affiliated...
Two More Louisiana Defendants Sentenced in Operation Sideswipe
May 26 2022 // United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced on May 25, 2022 that Doniesha Gibson (Gibson) age 31, of New Orleans, Louisiana and Erica Lee Thompson (Erica Lee), age 47, of Harvey, Louisiana, were sentenced for...
Louisiana Audit Shows Hurricanes Led to Increase in Insurance Complaints
May 24 2022 // Residential property. complaints against Louisiana insurance companies skyrocketed in the aftermath of 2020 and 2021 hurricanes, according to a report released this month by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor. The Louisiana...
Ex-Louisiana Police Boss Faces Contempt in Ronald Greene Probe
May 17 2022 // Lawmakers investigating the deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene voted unanimously last week to hold the former head of the Louisiana State Police in contempt for defying a subpoena and refusing to turn over the...
BP Oil Spill Settlement Goes Towards Louisiana Shoreline Construction
May 17 2022 // Louisiana has begun construction of a $67 million project to create miles (kilometers) of oyster reefs to protect the shoreline in a New Orleans suburb. Money for the Biloxi Marsh Living Shoreline comes from an $8.8...
Louisiana Court Tosses COVID-Related Charges Against Pastor
May 16 2022 // The Louisiana Supreme Court threw out charges Friday against a pastor who flouted restrictions on gatherings early in the coronavirus pandemic, ruling 5-2 that the governor’s executive orders violated freedom of...
$560M Comite River Canal Designed to Limit Baton Rouge, Louisiana Flooding
May 16 2022 // You can’t quite see it yet from Plank Road or La. 19 near Zachary, but work crews are building a man-made river from scratch. Down inside a huge, wide “V” carved out of the earth, concrete pillars for a...
Louisiana Suit Alleges Chokehold Used on 10-year-old With Disabilities
May 13 2022 // Civil rights advocates are suing the school board and sheriff’s office in Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish over the alleged mistreatment _ including the use of a chokehold and handcuffs _ on a 10-year-old Black...
Florida, Louisiana Ranked Highest for Auto Insurance Costs
May 11 2022 // It’s not just homeowners insurance costs that are high in Florida. A new report shows that Floridians continue to pay some of the largest auto coverage premiums in the country. The BankRate 2022 report shows that the...
Drought in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas Opens Loans for Farmers
May 9 2022 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture says drought during the growing season has made farmers in most of Texas, all of Louisiana and parts of Arkansas and Mississippi eligible to apply for federal aid. The department’s...
Louisiana Lawmakers Seek Police Boss’ Journals in Ronald Green Probe
May 4 2022 // Lawmakers investigating the deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene are preparing to hold the former head of the Louisiana State Police in contempt for refusing to turn over his journals after talks broke down Monday...
Louisiana Judge Orders Liquidation of Lighthouse
May 2 2022 // A Louisiana district court judge last week ordered the liquidation of Lighthouse Property Insurance Co., the troubled homeowners insurer who held policies in Louisiana, Florida, Texas, North Carolina and South...
Louisiana Man Becomes 37th Defendant Convicted in Operation Sideswipe
Apr 29 2022 // United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that David Brown age 50, of Morgan City, pled guilty on April 27, 2022 to Count One (1) of his indictment, charging him with Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in violation of...
Louisiana Insurers Have Paid or Reserved $12.1B on Ida Claims
Apr 29 2022 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner announced insurers have paid or reserved $12.1 billion on all types of Hurricane Ida-related claims in Louisiana through March 31. This data is the second measure of damage from Hurricane...
Louisiana Woman Sentenced to 10 Months for Role in Operation Sideswipe
Apr 28 2022 // United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that Donisha Lee,age 32, of Harvey, Louisiana, was sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, by United...
Louisiana Houses Passes Bill Broadening Loss of Use Coverage Scenarios
Apr 26 2022 // The Louisiana House passed a bill Monday that would broaden the requirements of when insurers have to pay loss of use coverage in response to a storm evacuation warning. House Bill 83 says any loss of use coverage would be...
Louisiana Highway Crash Knocks Out Power to 2,000
Apr 26 2022 // Authorities say a man is dead after his truck crashed into a utility pole on a Louisiana highway. Louisiana State Police say the single-vehicle wreck Friday night shut down a stretch of state Highway 73 in Ascension Parish...
Residents Given ‘All-Clear’ After Louisiana Chemical Leak
Apr 20 2022 // Residents near a chemical plant outside Baton Rouge have been given the “all-clear” after a chemical leak prompted orders for them to shelter in place, authorities said. A fire caused the chlorine leak late...
