The Louisiana Senate has approved a tort reform bill that supporters say will reduce auto insurance rates by 10-percent. The Bayou State has some of the highest auto insurance rates in the country and Senate Bill 418 makes significant changes to Lousiana’s legal system that would result in a decrease in lawsuits involving auto accidents. River Ridge Senator Kirk Talbot says his bill will result in more companies writing auto insurance policies in Louisiana…
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But Alexandria Senator Jay Luneau, who is also a lawyer, argued the bill makes it more difficult for people to get in a courtroom and have their case resolved. And Luneau says it fails to address the real reasons behind our high auto insurance rates…
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The measure heads to the House for more consideration.

State health officials say they are investigating 100 coronavirus cases at three crawfish farms in Acadiana. Assistant health secretary Doctor Alex Billioux says it’s the state’s first cluster of cases at a workplace…
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L-D-H is not identifying the farms impacted, but Billioux says the outbreak involves migrant workers.

Louisiana public school students who received free or reduced-priced meals at school can now receive 285-dollars per child to offset the loss of those meals due to school closures. State Education Department spokesperson Syndi Dunn says Louisiana has been approved by the USDA to issue Pandemic EBT cards to help feed about 600-thousand students…
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You can apply at Louisiana-believes-dot-com.