After several insurance companies have left our state Louisiana Citizens, the state’s last-resort property insurer has doubled its number of customers. Kevin Gallagher reports what that may mean, as the height of storm season approaches…:
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A documentary called Katrina Babies premieres on HBO tonight. Filmmaker Edward Buckles, Jr was 13 when Katrina devasted New Orleans 17 years ago. Buckles’ interviews others like him who were just children and says it’s a story about that hasn’t been told.
Plans to move violent youth offenders from the Bridge City Center for Youth to Angola are on hold after a motion on the grounds the move violates a juvenile’s due process was filed. Loyola Law Professor Dane Ciolino says the state’s plan must demonstrate how they will keep youth offenders separate from the adult population and juveniles will continue to receive rehabilitation services.
Judge Shelly Dick has ruled a plan must be submitted by September 2nd
The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission’s Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Campaign is underway through Labor Day. Spokesperson Mark Lambert says the Commission funds extra law enforcement patrols during peak driving times and they are specially trained to look for the signs of drunk drivers.