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DAMAGE TO STATE BUILDINGS AT $1.3B

The cost of damage from Hurricane Katrina to state-owned buildings in Louisiana totals nearly $1.3 billion–a figure that is expected...

AG ASKED TO PROBE FORRESTER:

A state election panel has forwarded a top Democratic lawmaker’s request for a probe into campaign contributions made by GOP...

GOV. EXTENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY

Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco extended Louisiana’s State of Emergency until Oct. 25, effectively extending the emergency insurance rules implemented by...

WADDELL & REED REACHES SETTLEMENT:

State Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken has reached a settlement that requires the brokerage firm Waddell & Reed to pay $11...

EVACUEES URGED TO FILE ADDRESS CHANGE

The Louisiana Department of Labor is urging Hurricane Katrina evacuees from Louisiana who filed for Unemployment Insurance and Disaster Unemployment...

IND. TARGETS UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM:

The Indiana Department of Workforce Development (IDWD) has taken another step toward modernizing its unemployment insurance system by contracting with...

MAN ACCUSED OF FAKING SURETY BOND

Oklahoma Insu-rance Commissioner Kim Holland issued a Cease and Desist Order to a Seminole businessman suspected of writing his own...

TEUBNER/WOOD FORUM SET FOR OCT. 6

The Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma is hosting its Teubner/Wood Insurance Forum on Oct. 6 at the IIAO Conference Center,...

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