State Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says there’s a major issue the state is still dealing with. He says some companies continue to deny evacuation expenses to policyholders if there was not an official evacuation order in place. He says he has the power to override an insurer’s refusal to provide such coverage during a declared emergency such as that ordered by the governor.
Cut 4 (10) “…contracts that exist.”
Houma Police are mourning the loss of one their own. 21-year old Austin Bush was killed in a single-vehicle crash Thursday morning after his car struck a log and ended up in a drainage basin and became fully submerged. Police Chief Dana Coleman fondly recalls Bush’s goal to serve the public when he interviewed for the job.
Coleman says Bush was just weeks away from completing the cadet academy.
Louisiana State Treasurer John Schroder has some harsh words for FEMA and their lengthy delay in reimbursement for school construction in Calcasieu Parish due to hurricanes Laura and Delta. Schroder says the delay has forced the state bond commission to approve an emergency request for $50-million to help the school system resume construction.
Schroder says FEMA has only remitted $116 thousand of the Calcasieu Parish School Board’s nearly $300-million in reimbursement requests.
LSU is a 20 point favorite tomorrow night when they host Central Michigan. Tigers coach Ed Orgeron is not expecting an easy game. He says the Chippewas have run the ball well in their two games this season