The Louisiana House is set to meet today at 1 PM, and a bill up for discussion is the measure that would give Louisiana’s Insurance Commissioner the ability to block excess insurance rate increases.. Governor Jeff Landry is urging the Louisiana Legislature to approve…

Cut 21 (20) “…necessary”

Landry testified in favor of the bill when it was heard in the House Insurance Committee earlier this month. Landry says the legislation is not designed as a hammer for the insurance commissioner, but the bill is designed to be a safeguard.

But Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple, elected and not appointed by the governor, opposes the legislation…

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Temple believes the best way to lower rates is to reduce the losses insurance companies incur. He says the high payouts car accident victims are receiving are the main reason why the state’s rates are so high.

Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear a bill that seeks to ban kratom. The Drug Enforcement Administration lists kratom as a drug and chemical of concern, because it can cause seizures, nausea, vomiting and hallucinations. But some use kratom to self-treat chronic pain much like an opioid, but Morris says that’s a problem…

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The Louisiana District Attorneys Association and the Louisiana Sheriff’s Association support Morris’s bill.