The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic almost a quarter of a million Louisiana workers quit their jobs in the first four months this year. But one economist says it’s not as dire as it sounds. Brooke Thorington
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Attorney General Jeff Landry is petitioning the state supreme court to remove the temporary restraining order against the state’s trigger abortion laws, despite a hearing scheduled for Friday. Brooke Thorington explains.
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New laws signed by the Governor seek to improve Louisiana’s property insurance environment for homeowners and eventually bring costs down. More from Kevin Gallagher…:
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic around 244-thousand Louisiana workers quit their jobs in the first four months this year, that’s 16-percent more than those who quit during the same period in 2021. But the unemployment rate is at record low of four percent. Economist Loren Scott says the numbers can be misleading.
Scott says the reason they know that the majority of those 244-thousand workers are quitting one job and accepting another is due to the state’s unemployment rate hovering at four percent.
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Scott says if close to a quarter of million people were leaving the workforce completely in the state, sales tax collections and retail sales would be tanking.
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Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says new Catastrophe Reform laws will enhance protections for policyholders and help rebuild the insurance market in Louisiana. Donelon says one new law requires all insurance carriers to up their cash reserves to cover storm claims; from $3-million to $10-million….:
Several insurance carriers have quit business in the state due to insolvency. Donelon says the new laws should help homeowners with current and future damage claims and improve then state’s overall insurance environment.
Another new law will require insurers to reimburse evacuation expenses, even if an evacuation order was not given. River Ridge Senator and Senate Insurance Committee Chairman Kirk Talbot says a senate bills now signed into law is called the “Three Adjuster Rule”; aimed at companies who slow-walk homeowners’ storm damage claims by assigning new adjusters over and over; starting the whole process from scratch…:
Cut 8 (12) “…simplify that process.”
Another Senate bill greatly streamlines the entire catastrophic damage claims process. House Insurance Committee Chairman and Breaux Bridge Representative Mike Huval says his chamber passed a bill requiring insurers to have a Catastrophic Response Plan in place and submitted for approval with the Insurance Commissioner. Huval is excited with another new House-passed law that funds grants for those who want to retrofit their homes to fortify them against future storm damage…:
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Attorney General Jeff Landry is petitioning the state supreme court to remove the temporary restraining order that was issued against the state’s trigger abortion laws. Loyola University Law Professor Dan Ciolino says this is most unusual because a hearing is scheduled for Friday in a civil court on the restraining order.
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On June 27th a temporary restraining order was filed to stop the trigger laws banning abortion from going into place. Until the hearing abortions can continue in the state. That hearing is scheduled for Friday in New Orleans Civil District Court. Ciolino says it hard to say how the Supreme Court will respond to Landry’s petition.
The restraining order filed by The Center for Reproductive Rights claims that the trigger laws were vague and unconstitutional. Ciolino says he expects the civil court will rule against the restraining order Friday and the abortion ban will go into effect.
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In an effort to get a better idea of the state’s turkey population, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is asking the public to respond online with they see them throughout the year. Wild Turkey Program Manager Cody Cedotal…
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The website can be found on LDWF’s website just search for the LA Turkey Survey.
The department has been recording the wild turkey population since 1994 and before Cedotal says they depended on volunteers, foresters, biologists, and turkey hunters to supply data.
And so far, the sight has been pretty active Cedotal says you can even log on and see how many wild turkey sightings have been made in your parish.
Turkey season for the majority of the state begins on the first Saturday in April and run for 30 days.
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