New Louisiana Law Expands Medical Marijuana Program January 3, 2022 By Melinda Deslatte Louisiana’s medical marijuana program will offer raw, smokable cannabis to its patients, and the state will tweak its calculations for...
Louisiana Governor Sticks with Vaccine Plan Despite Opposition December 14, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte An outpouring of legislative opposition and a likely threat of litigation aren’t changing Gov. John Bel Edwards’ mind about requiring...
Louisiana Lawmakers Offer Insurance Complaints After Ida December 3, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte Slow responses to damage claims. Constant switch-ups of insurance adjusters assessing the destruction. Low payment offers forcing people unnecessarily into...
Louisiana Kicks Off $11 Million Housing Program for Hurricane Laura November 24, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte Nearly 15 months after Hurricane Laura struck, Louisiana is kicking off $11.3 million in housing repair and rebuilding programs for...
Infrastructure Package Could Deliver Louisiana Billions in Repairs, Coastal Storm Risk Management November 16, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte Members of Congress are still bickering over the wisdom of passing a $1 trillion infrastructure package, but Louisiana lawmakers and...
Louisiana Governor Addresses Climate Change Challenges at COP26 November 8, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte With his trip to an international climate change conference, Gov. John Bel Edwards acknowledged Louisiana’s obvious front-row seat to the...
Louisiana Turns to Travel Trailers For Residents Displaced by Ida October 29, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte Louisiana’s temporary housing program for people displaced by Hurricane Ida is increasing its pace of getting people into travel trailers,...
Ida Damage Keeps Tens of Thousands of Louisiana Students Out of School September 30, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte About 70,000 students across southeast Louisiana remain out of school because of Hurricane Ida’s destruction to classroom buildings a month...
Analysis: Ida’s Destruction May Help Louisiana’s Hurricane Laura Victims September 20, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte Hurricane Ida’s thrashing left homes in mangled heaps across southeastern Louisiana, but in an uncomfortable twist, the storm might have...
Analysis: Ida Prompts New Look at Storm Safety Plans for Nursing Homes September 13, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte Among the many tragic stories in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida are the deaths of seven Louisiana nursing home residents...