With the State Department of Insurance announcing that 20 auto insurance companies filing rate decreases, the governor is now urging you to do your part in saving money. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The Saints wrap up their preseason Saturday at noon against the Broncos. Andre Champagne has a preview.
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A week ago, the Department of Insurance announced that 20 auto insurance companies, including many big-name companies, filed for rate decreases. Whether that’s spurred by tort reform legislation, a decrease in crashes, or both, Governor Landry says to take advantage, you need to do your part.
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Landry gave an example of when the husband of a state representative decided to shop his auto insurance premium.
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Landry says while you’re shopping for the best auto insurance rates, you might as well shop for the best homeowners insurance premiums too.
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The Saints wrap up their preseason Saturday against the Broncos in the Superdome. The biggest storyline of the preseason has been the battle to become the starting quarterback. At this point, it’s down to second-year man Spencer Rattler and rookie Tyler Shough. Mike Hoss, the Saints’ play-by-play announcer on WWL radio, says at this point, the race is neck-and-neck.
Starting quarterback isn’t the only unsettled competition. Hoss says there’s battle brewing for backup running back behind Alvin Kamara, who will not play Saturday.
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Hoss says the Saints have been busy with trades this pre-season, and there are still many decisions to be made by the time the roster needs to be pared down to 53 by 3:00 p.m. Tuesday.
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Tragedy in Livingston Parish as a teenage boy is killed while riding his bike in his subdivision. Sheriff Jason Ard says the driver who hit the boy was very drunk.
Sheriff Ard says the driver, 31-year-old Juan Chavarria, is from Nicaragua. He fled the scene, but deputies later caught him and arrested him.
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Ard says given the hour that this happened, visibility was not a factor.
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Louisiana farmers are producing a big corn crop this year, but producers are not getting a great price for that corn. LSU Ag Center Shelly Pate Kerns says the harvest will continue through August because acreage is up significantly…
Kerns says the crop received plenty of rain, so yields are expected to surpass last year’s 183 bushels per acre and input costs were also down…
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But Kerns says bushels of corn has fallen below four dollars, because of an abundance supply of corn on the global markets…