Cutting property coverage in half could help the Tangipahoa Parish School Board in Louisiana save nearly $60,000 in overall insurance premiums this year. That’s the recommendation from the board’s Finance Committee. The Advocate reports the committee on suggested dropping coverage …
The Kenner, La., businessman accused of bribing former Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard has pleaded not guilty in federal court in New Orleans. Bill Mack entered the plea to conspiring to bribe Broussard during his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate …
A federal appeals court has thrown out a $300,000 court award for an iron worker in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Boh Brothers Construction Co. The worker won the award in 2009 after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission …
A private company based in Mandeville contracted to run much of the claims processing and management handled by Louisiana’s Office of Risk Management has been producing results ahead of schedule, legislative auditors said. Emily Wilson, performance audit manager for the …
A Louisiana seafood company is facing nearly $250,000 in fines, penalties and back wages for exposing workers to hazards and underpaying employees. The U.S. Department of Labor issued findings from investigations of C.J.’s Seafood Inc. in Breaux Bridge. The department’s …
The idea of creating a statewide DWI tracking system in Louisiana is gaining steam again. The Advocate reports that the 2004 death of an ambitious Louisiana project called the Integrated Criminal Justice Information System dashed hopes for a statewide DWI …
Homeowners in Vinton, La., can expect lower insurance rates after the rating for the town’s fire department was raised. KPLC reports the Property Insurance Association of Louisiana raised the department’s rating to Class 3 from its previous Class 4 on …
Louisiana’s private sector added 50,400 jobs from June 2011 to June 2012, the highest over-the-year growth in 22 consecutive months of private sector job gains, according to the state workforce officials. The Louisiana Workforce Commission reported that Louisiana’s total private …
More than 3,000 lots flooded by Hurricane Katrina and bought with federal money in an emergency bailout sit idle across this city — a multimillion-dollar drain on federal, state and city coffers that lends itself to no easy solution. An …
A group of Arkansas rice farmers has sued a company that produces hybrid seed, claiming that RiceTec Inc. supplied them with seed that produced an inferior crop and sometimes didn’t grow well enough to be harvested. The lawsuit was filed …
