A pro-consumer group points to a new study that has found women in Louisiana pay 68-dollars more for auto insurance than men even though there’s evidence women are safer drivers. A bill has been filed for the upcoming session that would ban insurance companies from using gender as a factor when setting rates. But Real Reform Executive Director Eric Holl doesn’t believe Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon will support the bill…
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Donelon has said actuarial data is the reason why women pay more for auto insurance than men.

The trial date has been set for four Shreveport police officers facing negligent homicide charges in the death of Tommie McGlothen, a 44-year-old black man who died last April. Prosecutors say the officers used excessive force on McGlotehn and the officers have pleaded not guilty.

The Loyola Law School in New Orleans is creating a database of inmate deaths in Louisiana prisons. Matt Doyle on why this is important.
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Laura Lee and Robert Ramirez of Leesville are facing simple arson charges for setting fire on land owned by others in an effort to get rid of snakes near their property. Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says Ramirez has set multiple fires since 2020…
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Lee was booked on her charges and authorities are still searching for Ramirez.