A federal judge will hear oral arguments today in New Orleans on a lawsuit filed by Louisiana and other states that seeks to have FEMA’s Risk Rating 2.0 flood insurance rates declared illegal. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says it’s unknown how FEMA calculates flood insurance premiums that have been on the rise. He says prior to 2.0 there were some factors FEMA took into account…
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We are a month away from the October 14th gubernatorial primary and polls have shown Republican Jeff Landry and Democrat Shawn Wilson heading to a run-off. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says the other candidates will really have to hustle if they want to knock Wilson out of the second run-off spot…
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An audit from the Legislative Auditor finds one in five calls to the state’s child abuse-neglect hotline results in the person making the call hanging up, because a DCFS representative fails to answer in a timely manner. DCFS Secretary Terri Ricks says they are seeking state funding to hire 14 more staffers…
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Senator Bill Cassidy has co-sponsored legislation that would raise amount of savings a disabled person can have in the bank and still collect supplemental security income while working. Cassidy says the current cap of two-thousand dollars was set in the 1980s…
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