Insurers can now apply for grants from the Insure Louisiana Incentive Program which was funded in the special session to incentivize new and existing insurance companies to write residential and commercial policies in coastal areas. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says the goal is to reduce the number of Citizens policyholders, who are seeing a 63-percent increase in premiums. Donelon says a similar program after hurricanes Katrina and Rita reduced the number of Citizens policies by 40-thousand…
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Louisiana Democratic Party Chairwoman Katie Bernhardt has told the Advocate she will not run for governor. She produced a campaign ad suggested she might, but it did not sit well with many Democrats. La-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford…
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February is American Heart Month and heart disease is the leading cause of death in Louisiana. Do you know what your risk factors are? Brooke Thorington has more.
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Alonzo Bagley’s family has filed a civil lawsuit against the Shreveport Police Department. He was fatally shot by a Shreveport officer on February third.

Baton Rouge Police arrest two 19-year-olds from St. James Parish for their involvement in a nightclub shooting last month that wounded 12 people.