The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry supports Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon’s plan to create a 45-million dollar fund that will be used to bring more insurance companies to Louisiana willing to write property insurance policies…
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That’s Lauren Hadden with LABI. Lawmakers will begin a week long special session on Monday to discuss this plan that’s trying to reduce the number of people who have to rely on expensive coverage from the state’s insurer of last resort Citizens Property Insurance.

Strong storms will roll through south Louisiana today….
cut 11 (09) “…from Canada”
That’s LRN meteorologist John Wetherbee who says lighting, damaging winds, and tornadoes are the biggest threats from this storm system that will arrive in western Louisiana this afternoon.

According to WalletHub Louisiana is among the worst states for retirees. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Still no arrests in the two mass shootings that took place over the weekend in Louisiana. One of them was a drive-by-shooting in Shreveport that injured eight and the other was a shooting in a night club in Baton Rouge. No one was killed in either incident, but the shootings left several people in critical condition.