The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry is reaching out to auto insurance companies who are not currently offering coverage in Louisiana to let them know the state has made changes to its civil litigation system for car crashes. LABI President Stephen Waguespack says they have sent out more than 1,100 letters…
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But the head of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana, Jeff Albright, says despite the tort reform law passing this year, Louisiana could still rank number one in auto insurance rates next year.

Louisiana will have to borrow money from the feds to fund the state’s unemployment trust fund starting on September 7th. Louisiana Workforce Commission Director Ava Dejoie says even if the trust fund runs dry, the state is constitutionally mandated to keep paying benefits, so…
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454-thousand people are receiving unemployment from the state.

The Louisiana Revenue Department says 69-thousand checks worth 250-dollars a piece have been sent to essential workers who had to work during the governor’s stay at home order. Secretary Kimberly Robinson says 240-thousand people have applied for the tax rebate since July 15th
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17-million in payments have gone out and the program still has 23-million available dollars, so the state is still accepting applications at frontlineworkers.la.gov.