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More Than 1,200 Disaster Fraud Complaints Filed Since Louisiana Floods
Oct 12 2016 // Authorities have received more than 1,200 disaster fraud complaints related to August’s historic flooding in south Louisiana. U.S. Attorney Walt Green announced that tally on Oct. 7 during a press briefing at the...
Louisiana to Get $437M in Flood Recovery Assistance Allocated by Congress
Oct 11 2016 // Sen. Bill Cassidy says Louisiana will get $437 million of the $500 million in flood recovery assistance allocated by Congress. Congress approved the $500 million in flood recovery assistance as part of a hybrid spending...
Last Evacuation Orders Finally Lifted at Louisiana Sinkhole Site
Oct 10 2016 // More than four years since a massive sinkhole that in 2013 swallowed trees in Assumption Parish and forced more than 300 residents from their homes now no longer poses a risk to the public. Assumption Parish officials...
Louisiana State, Local Governments Awarded $146M to Cover Flood Costs
Oct 5 2016 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded Louisiana an additional $146 million to reimburse state and local governments for debris removal and other expenses related to this summer’s historic flooding. The...
Louisiana Police Jury Sues Travelers in Effort to Recover Stolen Money
Oct 3 2016 // The Rapides Parish Police Jury has hired a law firm to try to recover money they say was stolen from the District Attorney’s Office by an employee. The police jury, which is the governing authority for the parish,...
Insurance Commissioner: Overdose Death Rate High in Louisiana
Sep 29 2016 // The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Louisiana’s drug overdose death rate exceeds the national average, the Louisiana Department of Insurance reported. In addition, a recent study released by the...
Jury Awards $13.6M in Williams Olefins Louisiana Plant Explosion Case
Sep 28 2016 // A Louisiana jury awarded a total of $13.6 million to four men injured in the 2013 explosion at the Williams Olefins Geismar plant. The Advocate reports a jury in Iberville Parish ruled late on Sept. 26 that the company,...
Lower Flood Insurance Rates Coming to Louisiana’s St. Charles Parish
Sep 27 2016 // Officials say as many as 4,000 homeowners in Louisiana’s St. Charles Parish may be eligible for a dramatic reduction in flood insurance rates. Starting Oct. 1, residents on the parish’s east bank may be...
Ag Disaster Declared in 24 Louisiana Parishes, 2 Texas Counties
Sep 23 2016 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture has named 24 Louisiana parishes and two Texas counties agricultural disaster areas because of last month’s storms and flooding. Eleven parishes are primary disaster areas, and the...
S&P: Impact of August Floods on Credit for Affected Louisiana Parishes Will Differ
Sep 22 2016 // The 22 Louisiana parishes that were impacted by record flooding in August will experience varying degrees of economic and financial stress, according to S&P Global Ratings. This is because local governments all have...
House Speaker Ryan Backs Louisiana Flood Aid In Spending Bill
Sep 22 2016 // House Speaker Paul Ryan says he supports an immediate infusion of flood aid to Louisiana as part of a temporary government-wide spending bill that’s atop the congressional agenda before lawmakers leave Washington for...
Louisiana’s Flooding Response Costs Could Reach $81M
Sep 19 2016 // Louisiana’s share of response costs to the August flooding could reach $81 million or more. That’s the estimate lawmakers received on Sept. 16, in a first accounting by Gov. John Bel Edwards’...
Residential, Commercial Damage from August Louisiana Flood Estimated at $8.7B
Sep 19 2016 // The August 2016 flooding in Louisiana caused an estimated $8.7 billion in damage to residential and commercial properties. Damage to businesses in the state has exceeded $2 billion, according to a report commissioned by...
Louisiana Police Jury Seeks to Recover Stolen Money, Sues Insurer
Sep 16 2016 // The Rapides Parish Police Jury has hired a law firm to try to recover money they say was stolen from the District Attorney’s Office by an employee. The police jury, which is the governing authority for the parish,...
August Flood Damage to Louisiana Agriculture: $277M
Sep 14 2016 // A new study says the mid-August flooding’s wreckage of south Louisiana crops and farmland caused an estimated $277 million in damage. The estimate released Tuesday by LSU AgCenter economist Kurt Guidry is more than...
National Flood Insurance Program Claim Filing Deadline Extended in Louisiana
Sep 13 2016 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has granted an extension for Louisiana National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders affected by August’s severe storms and flooding to file proof-of-loss...
Iroquois South Expands into Louisiana with First Member Agencies
Sep 13 2016 // Iroquois South, a network of independent insurance agencies, has added its first members in Louisiana: Juban Insurance Group of Baton Rouge; Lowry-Dunham, Case & Vivien of Slidell; Louisiana Insurance Services of...
Louisiana Economic Development: $8.7B Residential, Commercial Damage in August Flood
Sep 12 2016 // The August 2016 flooding in Louisiana caused an estimated $8.7 billion in damage to residential and commercial properties, according to Louisiana Economic Development. Damage to businesses in the state has exceeded $2...
Louisiana Disaster Response Improved Post-Katrina but Gaps Remain
Sep 9 2016 // Eleven years ago, Sam Barbera hooked up his boat and headed to New Orleans to ferry people from Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters. Four weeks ago, he found himself in another boat for rescues — this time at home in...
Louisiana Commissioner Urges Flood Insurance Proof of Loss Extension
Sep 8 2016 // As a result of the record-breaking flooding in his state in August, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to extend the filing deadline for Louisiana...
