Four legislative committees met this week discussing how to lower auto insurance rates. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says legislators heard from the insurance industry, attorneys, the state department of transportation, and other stakeholders. Temple says it’s a matter of bringing all interested in parties together to find answers…
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A special session on insurance reform could happen early next year.

The Humane Society of Louisiana has issued a heat advisory alert as heat indices continue to rise above 100-degrees. Heat stroke in animals can happen in five to ten minutes. Director Jeff Dorson says animals will let you know if they’re too hot by panting and whining, among other symptoms.
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Dorson says please keep your pets inside or in heavily shaded areas for any outside time.

Tropical Depression Debby continues to impact the mid-Atlantic region and now the focus for us along the Gulf Coast is a wave that’s crossing the Atlantic. Forecasters says the wave continues to show an increasing chance at organizing into a tropical depression sometime over the next few days as it moves toward the eastern Caribbean.

Mortgage rates have dropped to a 15-month low. Colleen Crain has more…
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