Senator Bill Cassidy is working on bipartisan legislation to give relief to property owners who are being priced out of their homes with flood insurance hikes. Brooke Thorington explains.
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A team of researchers and students led by Lafayette researchers has uprooted thousands of artifacts from Kisatchie National Forest in Vernon Parish. Teiko Foxx reports the findings…
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Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy is working with New Jersey Democrat Senator Bob Menendez in reforming the flood insurance program and cap premium increases. Cassidy expects there will be a hearing soon in DC on their legislation.
Cassidy says FEMA has yet to explain the 18 percent increase and their calculations for Risk Rating 2.0.
Before premium increases were capped at nine percent annually, Cassidy says under Risk Rating 2.0 the increase can be as high as 18 percent. His proposal caps the annual maximum increase to nine percent.
Cassidy says he wants to help homeowners along the coast who are being priced out of remaining in their homes. He says the same problems Louisianans are facing with flood insurance are also happening in New Jersey and New York. Reduced rates, he says would be based on need and no one would necessarily receive free coverage.
Cassidy says the bipartisan Infrastructure Act is putting funds towards making areas vulnerable to natural disasters more resilient and once completed it should lower flood insurance rates.
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During a six-week excavation in the Kisatchie National Forest in Vernon Parish, researchers with UL Lafayette have discovered rare artifacts dating back to the last Ice Age. UL Lafayette Professor of Anthropology Dr. Mark Rees says they unearthed a collection of projectile points and stone instruments…
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Rees excavating team uncovered artifacts such as ceramics, stone tools, and evidence that suggests that a bow and arrow was used by nomadic groups of people that occupied this land 13,000 years ago.
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Researchers uncovered the first evidence of a permanent structure in the national forest. Rees says the post-molds will help interpret time and societal associations…
Students from UL-Lafayette, LSU, and Tulane University also participated in the excavation.
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Tonight’s Powerball Jackpot of $750 million is among the largest jackpots in the game’s history. Dustin Annison with the Louisiana Lottery says most winners choose to take cash value which would be almost $379 million for this jackpot versus an annuity of $750 million.
The last time someone held a winning Powerball ticket was April 19th
Tickets must be purchased by nine o’clock tonight to be eligible for the drawing and Annison says to always sign the back of your ticket and be sure to check your ticket before throwing it away. He says even if you don’t hit all the jackpot numbers you might still be a winner.
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The easiest way to check your ticket is by using the Louisiana Lottery app on your smartphone to scan you ticket.
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In a new million dollar ad buy, Attorney General and the Republican frontrunner in the governor’s race, Jeff Landry, tells voters he understands the struggles of working class families. Landry says he dug ditches in a sugarcane field, served our country and worked nights as an officer, while raising a family…
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Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat believes the 30-second TV ad will resonate with voters because it touches on the lack of progress in Louisiana…
Landry, Republican Treasurer John Schroder, and former Louisiana Association of Business and Industry President Stephen Waguespack are the only candidates in the race who have released statewide TV ads.
Landry’s most recent campaign finance report showed he had six-million dollars on hand. The primary election is three months away and Pinsonat says Landry has way more resources than his opponents…