Three firms are vying to advise the Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration on efforts to privatize a state worker health insurance program. Michael DiResto, a spokesman for the governor’s Division of Administration, said the firms are Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs …
The Justice Department has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit that accuses a New Orleans, La., construction company of submitting forged records so it could cash in on a $28 million federal contract for work on government-issued trailers after Hurricane Katrina. …
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the major tobacco companies of a $270 million award for a Louisiana smoking cessation program. Altria Group Inc’s Philip Morris USA Inc, a Reynolds American Inc unit, a Lorillard Inc unit and …
The nation’s largest association of insurer fraud investigators has contributed $10,000 to a memorial fund honoring two Louisiana investigators who were killed in the line of duty June 7. The board of directors of the International Association of Special Investigation …
A new flood map for Louisiana’s Lafayette Parish is expected to offer a mixed bag, shrinking flood zones in some areas while making large tracts of vacant land more difficult to develop. The final version of the Federal Emergency Management …
A week after two unarmed Louisiana insurance fraud investigators were shot and killed while looking into a case, state lawmakers are working to give the investigators’ families some compensation. The Louisiana Senate unanimously agreed on June 15 to expand existing …
A fire at a plant in Louisiana’s Iberia Parish where chemicals are blended and stored for oilfield operations forced area residents to evacuate or hunker down while a grayish-brown column of smoke rose hundreds of feet into the air hours …
American and Louisiana flags flew at half-staff outside Louisiana government buildings on June 9 and 10 in a show of respect for two state insurance fraud investigators who were shot to death on June 7. Gov. Bobby Jindal ordered the …
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration handed over to senators a report involving efforts to privatize a state worker health insurance program, but has asked them to keep the document secret. Jindal’s Division of Administration refused to provide the report to …
State senators in Louisiana have subpoenaed Gov. Jindal’s administration, seeking a report about the governor’s efforts to hire a private company to run a state worker health insurance program. The Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee approved the issuance of the …
