State lawmakers have approved legislation that sets up a 45-million-dollar incentive fund that will be used to bring more insurance companies to Louisiana that will offer homeowners coverage. Senate Insurance Chairman Kirk Talbot says the goal is to reduce the number of Citizens Property Insurance policyholders who face a 63-percent rate hike this year.
The bill passed on a 37-to-1 vote in the Senate on Friday.
Mona Hardin, the mother of Black motorist Ronald Greene who was killed during a traffic stop in 2019, will attend President Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday. Hardin continues to seek justice and accountability for the death of her son and other victims of police brutality.
Senator John Kennedy wants Louisiana to develop a new methodology to grade public schools. Kennedy made his comments on the floor of the U.S. Senate. He didn’t offer any specifics on how schools should be graded, but expressed the importance of it because it’s vital to the future of Louisiana…:
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The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has discussed changing Louisiana’s accountability system, but proposed changes have faced criticism from school boards, superintendents, principals, and teachers.
In Thibodaux this afternoon they’ll hold their inaugural Bayou King Cake Festival. Mayor Kevin Clement says it all kicks off with a kids’ parade at 1:30.
And there will be plenty of King Cake to sample.