Members of Congress are still bickering over the wisdom of passing a $1 trillion infrastructure package, but Louisiana lawmakers and state officials have moved to developing plans for spending the influx of cash for roads, bridges, coastal protection, broadband internet …
An 18-year-old man has been arrested and charged with arson for a fire at an Austin synagogue, officials said. Franklin Barrett Sechriest was held on a $100,000 bond for the Oct. 31 fire at Congregation Beth Israel, KVUE-TV in Austin …
A 9-year-old Dallas boy has become the youngest person to die from injuries sustained during a crowd surge at the Astroworld music festival in Houston. Ezra Blount of Dallas died Sunday at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, family attorney Ben …
New Orleans resident Raynard Sanders can detail the many ways Black businesses and culture thrived under the canopy of oak trees along Claiborne Avenue: the Black insurance companies, the corner lot home to the Black musicians union, the church that …
Louisiana’s property of last resort will raise commercial property insurance coverage limits for the first time in eight years. The Board of Directors of the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has voted to increase the amount of commercial property insurance …
Rising after a hard knock can be wrenching, but for Claudette Price _ who has just endured her fourth punch _ accepting defeat is not an option. In the three years she has been the leasing manager for the Claire …
The Louisiana insurance commissioner is seeking a government takeover of Access Home Insurance Co. and State National Fire Insurance Co., two regional insurance companies that are facing insolvency due to losses from Hurricane Ida to ensure the company’s policyholders are …
Zurich American Insurance Company, a provider of insurance products and services to businesses in multiple industries, has signed an agreement to acquire Special Insurance Services, Inc., a Texas-based program manager whose offerings include gap medical and occupational accident insurance products. …
A Texas A&M University student critically injured in the Astroworld music festival has died, making her the ninth person to die from a crowd surge that crushed people so tightly they couldn’t breathe. Bharti Shahani, a 22-year-old, died Wednesday, Nov. …
A 56-page event operations plan for the Astroworld music festival included protocols for dangerous scenarios including an active shooter, bomb or terrorist threats, and severe weather, but it did not include information on what to do in the event of …
