Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Louisiana Surveying Homeowners with 2016 Flood Damage
Apr 10 2017 // Homeowners with damage from last year’s devastating floods are being asked to take a survey, the first step in applying for federal disaster recovery aid that soon will be available. Gov. John Bel Edwards’...
Weather Service: 17 Twisters in Louisiana Outbreak
Apr 7 2017 // The National Weather Service has confirmed that at least 17 tornadoes struck Louisiana during a severe weather outbreak that began on Sunday, April 2 and ended the next day. A Sunday morning storm flipped a Breaux Bridge...
Texas MGA MD Jensvold Adds Louisiana Office, New Team Members
Apr 6 2017 // Texas-based full service independent managing general agency and surplus lines broker, MD Jensvold & Co. Inc., has opened a location Shreveport, Louisiana, and added three new members to its team. John Hellyer joins...
Louisiana’s Plan to Spend $1.2B in Federal Flood Aid Approved
Apr 4 2017 // Louisiana has received federal approval for its plans to spend $1.2 billion in flood recovery aid allocated by Congress, a key step before the money can flow to homeowners and others still struggling to rebuild from last...
Storms Kill 2 in Louisiana, Move East
Apr 4 2017 // Powerful storms that killed two in Louisiana took aim at Alabama and other parts of the Southeast on April 3, bringing strong winds and heavy rains to the region. A tornado flipped a mobile home on April 2 in Bruex Bridge,...
Credit Card ‘Skimming’ Devices Found at Louisiana Gas Stations
Mar 30 2017 // Fifteen credit card “skimming” devices have been found on gasoline pumps in different parts of Louisiana in the past month, state Secretary of Agriculture Mike Strain said. The devices are used by thieves to...
Fatal Allergic Reaction Leads to Suit Against Louisiana Doughnut Shop
Mar 22 2017 // A Georgia man is suing a Louisiana doughnut shop over claims that his father died of an allergic reaction after eating an apple fritter. The son’s attorneys on filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Dynasty Donuts...
Louisiana Flood Board’s Suit Against Oil Companies Still Alive
Mar 21 2017 // Attorneys for a south Louisiana flood board aren’t giving up on their attempt to make scores of oil and gas companies pay for damage to the state’s coastline. A federal judge dismissed their lawsuit in 2015 and...
Medicaid Changes Could Have Sweeping Impact in Louisiana
Mar 20 2017 // Despite a national focus on the individual insurance markets, the Republican health plan being debated in Washington could have far more sweeping impact in Louisiana for other provisions that curb federal spending on...
Louisiana Starts Over in Search for Flood Program Management Firm
Mar 20 2017 // Louisiana is scrapping its first attempt to hire a firm to manage the state’s $1.6 billion flood recovery program and will restart the search process. The Advocate reports that Gov. John Bel Edwards’ deputy...
Many Still Reeling from NW Louisiana Flood a Year Later
Mar 14 2017 // Floods a year ago took everything from Vivian, La., resident Gwen Smith. “I lost my home completely,” she said. Before the flood hit on March 9, 2016, Smith had lived most of her adult life in the mobile home....
Louisiana Republicans’ Response to Health Insurance Plan Mostly Muted
Mar 10 2017 // Louisiana’s majority-Republican congressional delegation hasn’t exactly embraced the GOP proposal to replace President Barack Obama’s health care law, with most members instead offering a cautious,...
Louisiana Woman Pleads Guilty in Texas in Opioid Pill Mill Case
Mar 9 2017 // Carolina Giselle Berrio, a/k/a “Carolina Slocum Berrio,” “Karrie,” 37, of Lafayette, Louisiana is the latest defendant to plead guilty to being involved in a large opioid “pill mill”...
Oil Companies Land a Victory in Louisiana Coastal Lawsuit
Mar 8 2017 // A federal appeals court on March 3 refused to revive a Louisiana levee board’s lawsuit blaming dozens of oil and gas companies for damage to the state’s fragile coast, a major victory for energy companies and...
Alliant Names Nowak First Vice President in Louisiana
Mar 6 2017 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Jan Nowak first vice president Nowak has more than 37 years of insurance brokerage experience and extensive knowledge of marine-related exposures. She has worked with vessel...
LA County Supervisors Order Inspection of Dams in Wake of Oroville Emergency
Mar 6 2017 // Supervisors have ordered inspections of all Los Angeles County dams in the wake of flooding concerns at Northern California’s Oroville Dam. The supervisors unanimously approved the order in late February after...
Judge Won’t Toss Bias Claims Over Louisiana Salon Inspections
Feb 23 2017 // A federal judge on has refused to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses Louisiana state regulators of racially discriminating against a group of Vietnamese-American nail salon owners. U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson’s...
Former Staffer Files Whistleblower Suit Against Louisiana Sheriff
Feb 23 2017 // A former south Louisiana sheriff’s office employee says the sheriff wrongly fired her for cooperating with the FBI in an investigation against him. In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, Deborah Lourd said she was...
Louisiana Offers Tax Filing, Payment Extensions for Some Tornado Victims
Feb 22 2017 // Taxpayers who were victims of the severe storms and tornadoes that struck Louisiana earlier this month could be eligible for extensions filing their state taxes. Louisiana’s Department of Revenue announced that...
8K Louisianans Possibly Impacted by Reinsurance Broker’s Data Breach
Feb 22 2017 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported that a reinsurance broker contracted by the Louisiana Health Cooperative (LAHC) has experienced a data breach. As a result, former LAHC policyholder Personally Identifiable...
