Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Relation Insurance Acquires BRK in Louisiana
Apr 8 2022 // Relation Insurance Services announced it acquired the assets of Louisiana-based BRK Insurance Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. BRK provides employee benefits and commercial lines insurance solutions to...
Louisiana Church Sues Insurer For Alleged Inadequate Storm Damage Coverage
Apr 6 2022 // A Louisiana church has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that its insurer failed to adequately cover millions of dollars in property damage resulting from two devastating weather events last year, including Hurricane...
$86M in Safety Upgrades Completed in Louisiana Parish
Apr 5 2022 // Louisiana’s largest power utility says it has completed $86 million in transmission system improvements in a small part of the wide area hit hard by Hurricane Ida. Entergy Louisiana said it has replaced about 80...
Louisiana Dept. of Insurance Issues Cease-and-Desist Orders Against 2 Agents
Apr 4 2022 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) recently issued cease-and-desist orders and license suspensions against two insurance producers for violations of the Louisiana Insurance Code. On March 11, the LDI issued a...
Louisiana Doctor Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud Conspiracy
Apr 4 2022 // An Alexandria, Louisiana physician pleaded guilty to having conspired to violate three different federal statutes in connection with a scheme to defraud both federal and private workers’ compensation insurers. U.S....
Interview From Deceased Louisiana Officer Haunts Ronald Greene’s Deadly Arrest
Apr 1 2022 // Days before his own death, Louisiana Master Trooper Chris Hollingsworth walked into a secure room deep inside state police headquarters, swore an oath and told investigators about the night he held down Black motorist...
Louisiana Man Sentenced for Role in Operation Sideswipe
Apr 1 2022 // United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced March 30 that Dewayne Coleman, age 22, of Marrero, Louisiana, was sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371,...
Louisiana Dept. of Insurance to Hold Tornado Resource Center
Mar 29 2022 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) announced it has established an open-door insurance resource center in Arabi to assist those affected by the tornado that struck the area last week. Meetings will be held at...
Louisiana Court: Protest Leader Can be Sued For Cop’s Injury
Mar 28 2022 // A Louisiana police officer injured when violence broke out over the police killing of a Black man in Baton Rouge in 2016 has grounds to pursue a lawsuit against a protest organizer, Louisiana’s Supreme Court said...
4 Companies Cited for Louisiana Chemical Plant Explosion
Mar 28 2022 // Federal labor regulators have cited four employers for safety violations related to an explosion that injured workers at a Louisiana chemical plant. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Suit Alleges Racial Profiling in 2021 Louisiana Traffic Stop
Mar 28 2022 // Two Black men claim in a new federal lawsuit that they were subjected to an illegal, racially motivated and humiliating traffic stop and search last year by deputies in Louisiana’s St. Tammany Parish. The American...
Case of Louisiana Black Motorist’s Deadly Arrest Turns Cop Vs. Cop
Mar 25 2022 // Louisiana State Police investigators who pressed within days to charge troopers in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene told lawmakers March 22 that commanders rejected their concerns and told them to suppress graphic...
Louisiana Recovering After Tornadoes Plow Through Homes
Mar 24 2022 // Louisiana National Guardsmen and other responders went door-to-door in areas around New Orleans on March 23 as the region dug out from overnight tornadoes, with Gov. John Bel Edwards declaring a state of emergency and...
Texas Gov. Issues Disaster Declaration, Louisiana Sends National Guard Following Storms
Mar 24 2022 // A tornado that menaced New Orleans flipped a schoolbus, ripped off rooftops and deposited a house with a family inside onto the middle of Prosperity Street. Two people were killed as the storm front blew across the...
Louisiana to Receive $1.7 Billion in HUD Disaster Grants
Mar 24 2022 // Three Gulf Coast states are getting $1.9 billion in federal grants to help recover from hurricanes and floods over the past two years and become more resilient to climate change, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...
Court: Louisiana Port Owes Grain Terminal Owners $124.5 million
Mar 18 2022 // A Louisiana port owes $124.5 million to owners of a $50 million-plus grain export terminal because the port failed to get federal permits for dredging required by its lease, a federal magistrate judge has ruled. Lake...
$75 Million For Louisiana Residents Whose Homes Were Built on Landfill
Mar 18 2022 // A group of New Orleans residents whose homes were built on a toxic landfill decades ago have won a $75 million court judgement against the city and others, the Housing Authority of New Orleans and the local school...
Former Louisiana Police Boss Denies Cover-Up in Ronald Greene Death
Mar 17 2022 // Gov. John Bel Edwards trusted Louisiana State Police to “do the right thing” and took a hands-off approach in police matters, even after Black motorist Ronald Greene died in a violent confrontation with...
Louisiana Automotive Tuning Company to Pay $3.1 Million Over Clean Air Act Violations
Mar 16 2022 // Louisiana-based company Power Performance Enterprises Inc. (PPEI) and its President and owner, Kory B. Willis, pleaded guilty to criminal charges March 15 in federal court in Sacramento, California. Both defendants pleaded...
Louisiana State Police Undergo Outside Review
Mar 14 2022 // The Louisiana State Police have hired an outside consultant to conduct a top-to-bottom review of the scandal-plagued agency, a potentially years-long process intended to help restore public trust following a string of...
