Bad news for motorists who live in areas that flooded in Louisiana this year. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says expect to see your auto insurance rates to go up…
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Donelon says when companies file for a rate increase, it’s based on losses they had to cover in previous years.

US Representative Ralph Abraham of Richland Parish met with a White House official to discuss the need for more federal assistance to help those who had damages as a result of the flooding in north Louisiana in March. Abraham says he also wrote a letter to the President…
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Legislation that could provide federal flood assistance is expected to start moving this week.

In the US Senate race, Democrat Caroline Fayard has received the endorsement of New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu. The other major democrat in the race, Foster Campbell, was endorsed by Governor John Bel Edwards. Political Analyst Clancy Dubos says in this case, Landrieu and Edwards have a difference in opinion…
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The wife of Republican US Senate candidate Charles Boustany says prostitution allegations against her husband are “false attacks.” The accusations were raised in a new book that claims Boustany was involved with prostitutes who were killed in Jefferson Davis Parish. A statement from Boustany’s campaign says these allegations are completely false. The author of the book stands by what he reported in the book.

A 73-year-old Slidell man by the name of Lanier Lively was arrested on 500 counts of possession of child pornography that were found on 23 electronic devicses at his home.