Despite last year’s repeal of Louisiana’s “three-year rule” that prevents insurance carriers from dropping policies older than three years, only one company has canceled old policies. Kace Kieschnick reports.
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Governor Jeff Landry has announced a four-day mourning period to mark one year since the terrorist attack on Bourbon Street, this New Year’s Day. Flags will be flown at half-staff beginning January 1 at 3:15 AM. On January 4, the Governor there will be a moment of silence to remember the victims, and the governor is asking all churches to ring 14 bells.
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Community leaders gather in Baton Rouge to demand an end to Operation Catahoula Crunch. They say innocent victims, in one case a 17-year-old boy just putting gas in his car, was detained and aggressively questioned by six federal agents. We’re told they eventually let him go on his way. But Marcela Hernandez from Familias Unidas en Accion says it’s a scene playing out repeatedly.
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Governor Landry is speaking out about his new side hustle as special envoy to Greenland after getting the nod by President Trump. In a video posted to social media, Landry said with the exception of the governor of Alaska, he’s the one best suited to have a conversation with the government of Greenland about becoming a part of the United States.