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		<title>New Louisiana Law Expands Medical Marijuana Program</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2022/01/03/647750.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2022 07:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana medical marijuana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical marijuana expansion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Tanner Magee]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Louisiana&#8217;s medical marijuana program will offer raw, smokable cannabis to its patients, and the state will tweak its calculations for state income taxes as more than two dozen new laws take effect Saturday with the start of the new year. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Louisiana Governor Sticks with Vaccine Plan Despite Opposition</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/12/14/645624.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 17:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[FDA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana covid plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[An outpouring of legislative opposition and a likely threat of litigation aren&#8217;t changing Gov. John Bel Edwards&#8217; mind about requiring some Louisiana students to get the COVID-19 vaccine during the next school year or file a written opt-out form. The &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Louisiana Lawmakers Offer Insurance Complaints After Ida</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/12/03/644360.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2021 08:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane ida damage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana's Terrebonne Parish]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Slow responses to damage claims. Constant switch-ups of insurance adjusters assessing the destruction. Low payment offers forcing people unnecessarily into litigation to get a fair deal. Louisiana lawmakers and others said Wednesday that those are the problems they&#8217;re seeing and &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Louisiana Kicks Off $11 Million Housing Program for Hurricane Laura</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/11/24/643440.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane laura recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lake Charles recovery]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Nearly 15 months after Hurricane Laura struck, Louisiana is kicking off $11.3 million in housing repair and rebuilding programs for the southwestern city of Lake Charles while it waits for hundreds of millions in promised federal aid to arrive. Gov. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Infrastructure Package Could Deliver Louisiana Billions in Repairs, Coastal Storm Risk Management</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/11/16/642534.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 16:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2021 infrastructure bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana sen. bill cassidy]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Members of Congress are still bickering over the wisdom of passing a $1 trillion infrastructure package, but Louisiana lawmakers and state officials have moved to developing plans for spending the influx of cash for roads, bridges, coastal protection, broadband internet &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Louisiana Governor Addresses Climate Change Challenges at COP26</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/11/08/641025.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2021 08:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. John Bel Edwards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[louisiana hurricanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations COP26 summit]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[With his trip to an international climate change conference, Gov. John Bel Edwards acknowledged Louisiana&#8217;s obvious front-row seat to the problems of a warming planet while raising his profile on an issue few of the South&#8217;s top leaders promote. The &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Louisiana Turns to Travel Trailers For Residents Displaced by Ida</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/10/29/639748.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2021 07:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane ida damage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Ida recovery]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Louisiana&#8217;s temporary housing program for people displaced by Hurricane Ida is increasing its pace of getting people into travel trailers, but Gov. John Bel Edwards said he&#8217;s still pushing for the program to accelerate its work. &#8220;We&#8217;re not satisfied. We&#8217;re &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ida Damage Keeps Tens of Thousands of Louisiana Students Out of School</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/09/30/634608.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2021 16:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[FEMA]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[About 70,000 students across southeast Louisiana remain out of school because of Hurricane Ida&#8217;s destruction to classroom buildings a month ago, state Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley told lawmakers on Sept. 28. That&#8217;s nearly 1 in 10 of Louisiana&#8217;s K-12 &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Analysis: Ida&#8217;s Destruction May Help Louisiana&#8217;s Hurricane Laura Victims</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/09/20/632717.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2021 16:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[federal assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fema aid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hurricane laura recovery]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Ida&#8217;s thrashing left homes in mangled heaps across southeastern Louisiana, but in an uncomfortable twist, the storm might have been a boon to southwestern parishes still struggling to recover from last year&#8217;s Hurricane Laura. Ida&#8217;s path of destruction through &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Analysis: Ida Prompts New Look at Storm Safety Plans for Nursing Homes</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/09/13/631354.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2021 01:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[bob dean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane ida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Katrina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[louisiana nursing homes]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Among the many tragic stories in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida are the deaths of seven Louisiana nursing home residents who were evacuated to a warehouse where health inspectors say conditions quickly became unsafe once the storm struck. The squalid &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ida Deaths Rise by 11 in New Orleans, Bringing Toll in Louisiana to 26</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/09/10/631114.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2021 16:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane ida damage]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The death toll in Louisiana from Hurricane Ida rose to 26 on Sept. 8, after health officials reported 11 additional deaths in New Orleans, mostly older people who perished from the heat. The announcement was grim news amid signs the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Louisiana Nursing Homes Lose Licenses After Ida Deaths</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/09/09/630892.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Louisiana health officials said Sept. 8 they are revoking the licenses of nursing homes that were evacuated to a warehouse where seven residents died amid deteriorating conditions deemed too squalid to be safe after Hurricane Ida. The seven homes — &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>No Quick Relief in Sight for Louisiana in Ida&#8217;s Aftermath</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/09/02/629928.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2021 16:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entergy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane ida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[louisiana recovery]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Louisiana residents still reeling from flooding and damage caused by Hurricane Ida scrambled on Sept. 1 for food, gas, water and relief from the sweltering heat as thousands of line workers toiled to restore electricity and officials vowed to set &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Analysis: As Ida Strikes, Louisiana Still Waiting for Aid a Year After Laura</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/08/30/629373.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane ida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane laura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A powerful Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana on Aug. 29, but an equally powerful Hurricane Laura wrecked southwest Louisiana a year ago, leaving marks of devastation that remain evident today in blue-tarped roofs, damaged homes and boarded-up businesses that still dot &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Rules Governing Misconduct Claims at Louisiana&#8217;s Colleges Enacted</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/08/12/626661.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2021 05:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[louisiana legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana State University (LSU)]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Louisiana&#8217;s top higher education board on Aug. 10 enacted the rules governing how college campuses must respond to and report sexual misconduct and harassment complaints, with training for school administrators scheduled for next week. The regulations adopted by the Board &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Louisiana Lawmakers Eyeing Hurricanes Tackle Water System Upgrades</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/06/29/620619.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[damage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storms]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Spurred by recent hurricanes and a rare winter storm that demonstrated the frailty of Louisiana&#8217;s public water supply, lawmakers have set their attention on improving the state&#8217;s troubled water systems. Legislators created a new grading metric for community water systems, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Training on Louisiana Sex Misconduct Rules for Colleges to Begin Soon</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/06/21/619314.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2021 05:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal Title IX laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lsu sex misconduct scandal]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Louisiana&#8217;s college administrators will start receiving training this summer on new requirements for how sexual misconduct claims must be handled and what safety measures must be enacted, the state&#8217;s higher education chief said on June 16. Lawmakers in the just-ended &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>LSU Sex Misconduct Scandal Prompts New Rules for Campuses</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/06/03/617014.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2021 16:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[louisiana legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana State University (LSU)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lsu sex misconduct scandal]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Louisiana lawmakers unanimously voted to toughen the rules for how colleges must respond to allegations of sexual assault, harassment and other misconduct. But the House and Senate have to agree on a final approach before a bill can reach the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Louisiana Senate Rejects Limits on Police Officer Immunity</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/06/02/616891.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2021 02:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[louisiana legislation]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A proposal to place new limits on police officers&#8217; broad immunity from civil lawsuits has rejected by Louisiana state senators, stalling a key recommendation from a task force created to suggest policy changes addressing police misconduct. A Senate judiciary committee &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Louisiana Bills Target LSU Sex Assault, Harassment Scandals</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/04/23/611436.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2021 16:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[anti-retaliation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal Title IX laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Les Miles]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Louisiana senators on April 21 started moving legislation prompted by the sexual misconduct scandals at Louisiana State University, measures aimed at tightening rules for how colleges must handle allegations of sexual assault, harassment and dating violence. The proposals, advanced without &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>$50M Suit Alleges Retaliation over Allegations Against Former LSU Coach</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/04/12/609497.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Les Miles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana State University]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[In a $50 million federal racketeering lawsuit, an associate athletic director at Louisiana State University accuses university officials of retaliating against her for reporting racist remarks and inappropriate sexual behavior by former head football coach Les Miles. Sharon Lewis&#8217; lawsuit &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Louisiana AG Backs $100M Deal in Freeport McMoRan Coastal Damage Suit</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/03/05/604118.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2021 00:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[damage to coastal wetlands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freeport McMoRan Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[louisiana parish lawsuits against oil and gas companies]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Attorney General Jeff Landry has said he&#8217;s backing a $100 million settlement between a dozen coastal parishes and mining corporation Freeport McMoRan to end a lawsuit over damage to Louisiana&#8217;s coastal wetlands, in what could become a landmark agreement. The &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Southern Exposure: Cold Wreaks Havoc on States with Aging Waterworks</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2021/02/26/603069.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The sunshine is back and the ice has melted. But more than a week after a deep freeze across the South, many communities are still grappling with getting clean water to their citizens. For years, experts have warned of the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Water Woes Expected to Last Several More Days in Mississippi After Freeze</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2021/02/24/602639.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[broken water mains]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Rising temperatures began melting the snow and ice in Mississippi and Louisiana, but tens of thousands of people still had little or no water service Monday, some waiting a week for restoration since the outages began during an extended freeze. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Louisiana&#8217;s Democratic Governor Balks at Biden&#8217;s Oil, Gas Policy</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/02/12/601169.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Gov. John Bel Edwards disagrees with President Joe Biden&#8217;s targeting of fossil fuel industries and wants the White House to reconsider its decision to pause new oil and gas drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico, the Louisiana governor&#8217;s administration &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Louisiana Governor Seeking $3B in Hurricane Aid From White House</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/01/27/599126.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 01:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2020 Hurricane Season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is asking President Joe Biden for $3 billion to help Louisiana with its ongoing recovery from the 2020 hurricanes, saying that he&#8217;s filed a request with the new White House similar to the unfulfilled ask &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tougher Rules for Louisiana Car Accident Lawsuits in Effect</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/mag-features/2021/01/25/598694.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Louisiana motorists filing car accident lawsuits will encounter tougher rules to win damage awards, under a new law championed by the state&#8217;s business lobby that took effect Jan. 1, a law that backers hope will lower the state&#8217;s hefty insurance &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tougher Rules for Louisiana Car Accident Lawsuits Now in Place</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/01/04/595943.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 17:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[louisiana legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tort reform]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Louisiana motorists filing car accident lawsuits will encounter tougher rules to win damage awards, under a new law championed by the state&#8217;s business lobby that took effect Jan. 1, and that backers hope will lower the state&#8217;s hefty insurance premiums. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Louisiana Virus Rules Dispute Returned to Lower Court</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2020/12/22/595236.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 23:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[coronavirus restrictions lawsuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana Supreme Court]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Louisiana Supreme Court on Dec. 21 sent a legal feud between Gov. John Bel Edwards and House Republicans over coronavirus restrictions back to district court, saying the judge ruled too quickly that the state law the GOP used to &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lawmakers: Insurance Disputes, Slow Response Hinder Louisiana Storm Recovery</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2020/12/17/594487.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melinda Deslatte]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 01:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catastrophe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane delta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane laura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[louisiana hurricanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storm recovery]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Southwest Louisiana lawmakers on Dec. 16 criticized the insurance industry&#8217;s handling of claims from Hurricanes Laura and Delta, describing slow responses, low-balled damage estimates and drones used to assess destruction instead of people. &#8220;We&#8217;re almost four months ago (since Laura), &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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