New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry is among the 57 delegates from Louisiana in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention. Jeanne Burns has the story.
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Severe weather last night has resulted in power outages across the ArkLaMiss and into central Louisiana. Entergy Louisiana is reporting 43-hundred customers without power. Neville High School in Monroe and Northwood High School in Rapides Parish are closed today because of the power outage.

The Council for A Better Louisiana (CABL, pronounced cable) says the state is making progress on less than half of the 35 indicators for wellbeing. CABL president Barry Erwin says one problem area is health and wellness…
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Erwin says the economy is also struggling. Quality of Louisiana roads and air quality are other indicators trending downward in CABL’s Louisiana Fact Book.

State lawmakers are looking for ways to reduce auto insurance rates after Marketwatch.com crowned Louisiana with the highest full-coverage car insurance rates in the country. House Speaker Phillip DeVillier says legislators are trying to figure out why Louisiana is an outlier in auto insurance rates…
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Devillier says several different legislative committees will hold monthly hearings for the rest of the year and a special session on insurance is possible early next year.