After not voting for it two previous times, the Louisiana Bond Commission approved a 39-million dollar non-cash line of credit for a new power station to improve New Orleans sewer pumps. Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry helped delay funding because he said city officials planned on not enforcing the state’s abortion ban. But New Orleans city attorney Donesia Tuner told the Bond Commission that the mayor, the city council or the police superintendent never said they would not enforce the state’s abortion ban, but it would not be a high priority…
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There is some good news that has come out of some new US Census data. Jan Moeller with the Louisiana Budget Project says in 2021 those without health insurance in the state fell to an all-time low as 92% of Louisianans had some form of health coverage.
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The state-run property insurer of last resort requests a rate hike of over 60 percent. Kevin Gallagher has the story…:
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Keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Fiona in the Atlanta, but based on the official forecast track from the National Hurricane Center it does not pose a threat to the Gulf of Mexico.