State lawmakers will use this legislative session to pass legislation that will seek to bring homeowners insurance rates down. Senate Insurance Chairman Kirk Talbot has filed a bill that makes it more clear on when the clock starts for claims to be paid. He also wants to give insurers 60-days, instead of 30 days, for a claim to be paid after a hurricane…
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Talbot says the current system leads to more lawsuits and insurers are hesitant to do business in a litigious environment.

New speed limit signs will begin to go up on the I-10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge as the speed limit is changing for truckers. It will go up from 55 to 60-miles per hour, which matches the speed limit for vehicles. But truckers will continue to be restricted to right lane travel only. Louisiana Motor Transport Association Director Renee Amar says it would be better to allow truckers access to both lanes…
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The Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control will resume enforcing a ban on certain vape and alternative nicotine products, such as Elf and Puff Bars. ATC Commissioner Ernest Legier says a law passed in 2023 says vape products that have not applied for FDA approval can not be sold in Louisiana. That law is being challenged in the courts, but Legier says their attorneys have said they can move forward with the ban…
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To help the crawfish industry with financial assistance after last summer’s drought severely impacted the crop, Congressman Troy Carter is holding three workshops for crawfish producers, boil houses, restaurants, grocery stores, and others who depend on crawfish.
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The first of three workshops in conjunction with the Small Business Administration will be at Southern University at New Orleans today,