An attempt by the New Orleans Saints to lower its workers’ compensation costs for injured players has mushroomed into an issue that would apply to all businesses and employees in Louisiana. The Saints were pushing a bill by Rep. Cameron …
A law that goes into effect Jan. 1, 2010, increasing the required minimum liability auto insurance coverage is expected to increase insurance rates for more than 1 million Louisiana motorists. Though the change was approved by the Legislature in 2008, …
The end is near for the long-running dispute between the state and the federal government over just how much Louisiana is due for Hurricane Katrina’s damage to Charity Hospital in New Orleans. Too bad that’s not the last dispute needing …
Back seat passengers will have to buckle up, drivers will need to give a wider berth to bicyclists and slow-driving sightseers will need to stick to the right lane on Louisiana’s highways under the new state traffic laws that went …
Four more highway projects, including the widening of Interstate 10 in Baton Rouge, will be funded with Louisiana’s share of the federal stimulus package after receiving quick approval Monday from lawmakers. The $133 million list of projects, proposed by Gov. …
An ongoing dispute between the Louisiana’s legislative auditor and insurance commissioner is marring Louisiana’s ability to certify its year-end financial statements. Lawmakers on the joint House and Senate budget committee said they may intervene in the disagreement, worried that it …
Hurricane Katrina’s devastation sparked a sweeping planning survey in Louisiana that called for improved transit operations, stronger land-use policies and coordinated state work to make it all happen. The 2007 effort, called Louisiana Speaks, won national planning awards and received …
More than 41,000 property damage claims have poured into Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. since Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, but the company’s CEO said Sept. 18 it can handle the claims without raising fees on policyholders. John Wortman said the …
Six cars of a freight train derailed Saturday, May 17, causing a hydrochloric acid leak that forced thousands of people to leave homes, businesses and a nursing home within one mile of the wreck. The spilled acid sent a toxic …
Construction companies short of skilled workers, hospitals needing more nurses, businesses complaining they can’t fined trained employees. That was the backdrop of a 1997 labor department revamp touted by then-Louisiana Gov. Mike Foster’s administration as a way to make it …
