The legislative session begins in less than two weeks and the Chairman of the Senate Insurance Committee is proposing to make the office of Insurance Commissioner an appointed position instead of elected. River Ridge Senator Kirk Talbot says it would result in having an insurance commissioner with a high level of expertise in the insurance industry….
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Current Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon, who is not running for re-election, says voters should continue to have a say in who is the insurance commissioner.

In Louisiana, we hear about Texas having a better climate for businesses, but a petroleum company, Placid Refining, is moving its corporate headquarters from Dallas to Baton Rouge and upgrading its Port Allen refinery. West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce Director Anna Johnson….
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Voters in Ouachita Parish approved a millage increase for the next decade to fund the construction of a new animal shelter and animal services. Brooke Thorington has more
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The Jefferson Parish School Board is looking at closing eight schools because of falling enrollment within the largest public school system in the state. Thomas Jefferson High School and Helen Cox High School are two of the schools under consideration for closure. The school board could vote on the plan on April 5th.