Governor Landry will be in Natchitoches holding a roundtable with local leaders this afternoon amid the upcoming closure of the International Paper mill. Colleen Crain reports.
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Congressman Clay Higgins says Iraq is purchasing an additional 88-thousand metric tons of U-S long grain milled rice. That brings the total tonnage amount to 220-thousand metric tons. Higgins says a meeting with the Iraqi Ambassador led to the increased partnership between the U-S and Iraq.
Auto insurance rates will be a focus of the regular legislative session that begins in April. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says there needs to be more transparency with medical billing and making sure insurance only makes a person whole after a wreck that results in an injury…
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Temple says people need to be treated fairly by their insurance company following a wreck, but legislation will be authored in the regular session that will seek to prevent excessive gains.
Wrestlemania is coming back to New Orleans. It will be held in the Superdome on April 11th and 12th. Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation president Jay Cicero says the city just hosted a Super Bowl. New Orleans will also host a national semifinal college football playoff game next January and there are a lot of other great events…
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