According to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the property and casualty insurance industry reported 150-billion dollars in profits in 2025. Real Reform Louisiana Executive Director Ben Riggs is urging state lawmakers to take action. Riggs wants insurers to justify rate increases to regulators before they take effect…

Cut 6 (10) “…prior approval.”

The Louisiana Department of Insurance says national profit figures do not reflect the realities of Louisiana’s insurance market.

Early voting continues across Louisiana, and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jamie Davis says he would push for a nationwide ban on nondisclosure agreements for elected officials if elected. Davis says the agreements can keep the public in the dark…

Cut 8 (10) “…backroom deal done”

Democrats have criticized nondisclosure agreements signed by elected officials, including Republican Senate candidate Julia Letlow, involving the Meta project in northeast Louisiana.

A new study finds deep-sea animal populations in the Gulf of Mexico declined by about 60 percent in the years following the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and have yet to recover. Researchers say the lost marine life provides a critical food source for the ocean ecosystem. Nova Southeastern University biological oceanographer Tracey Sutton says chemical dispersants used to clean up the spill worsened the damage to deep-sea life, beyond what scientists initially understood…

Cut 15 (12) “…in the future”

The Pelicans let a victory slip away last night in the season opener last night, blowing an eight-point lead early in the fourth quarter and falling to Indiana, 123-to-120. Dejounte Murray led New Orleans with 23 points…

Cut 11 (09) “…this one away”

The Pelicans visit Utah on Friday.