18 Years After Katrina Levee Breaches, Group Wants Future Engineers to Learn From Past Failures August 30, 2023 Future engineers need a greater understanding of past failures – and how to avoid repeating them – a Louisiana-based nonprofit...
Former Attorneys for McClenny Moseley & Associates Seek to Lift Suspension in Western District of Louisiana July 27, 2023 By Jim Sams Former attorneys for McClenny Moseley & Associates hope to persuade a federal judge to lift a suspension that prevents them...
State Farm to Pay $100 Million to Federal Government for Hurricane Katrina Claims August 25, 2022 By Chad Hemenway State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. and two former claims-adjuster sisters, who more than 16 years ago filed a lawsuit...
New Orleans Officials Seek to End Federal Oversight of Police August 19, 2022 By Kevin McGill New Orleans officials asked a federal judge Tuesday to end court-supervised oversight of its police department under a pact negotiated...
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...
Hurricane Laura’s Timing, Direction Bring Harvey, Katrina, Rita to Mind August 25, 2020 Tropical Storm Laura morphed into a hurricane on Aug. 25, 2020 — three years to the day after Hurricane Harvey...
Brad Pitt, Others Can Be Sued over New Orleans Homes, Judge Says October 28, 2019 A judge has denied actor Brad Pitt’s request to be taken off a lawsuit that says his Make it Right...
Mississippi City Sues FEMA for $15M Over Post-Katrina Recovery Project July 19, 2019 A city on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is suing a federal agency that rejected expenses for a Hurricane Katrina recovery...
New Orleans Hunkers Down as Tropical Storm Barry Nears Louisiana Coast July 12, 2019 By Collin Eaton and Kathy Finn Coastal Louisiana felt the first blow from Tropical Storm Barry’s winds early on Friday as the slow-moving tempest was forecast...
Round 12: Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Shedding More Policies February 20, 2019 Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has completed another round of policy depopulation — its 12th, the state insurance department...