Mitch Landrieu’s E. Pluribus Unum launches a tracker of 2020 presidential candidate’s policy positions on racial equity issues…
The New Orleans City Council voted Wednesday to create a special committee to investigate the collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel and post response. Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Inspector General Derry Harper oppose, stating it interferes with ongoing investigations. However, Council President Helena Morano says the city has an obligation to the victims and their families.
In the legislature, a Chalmette Representative is bringing this year’s major lawsuit reform bill aimed at limiting damages in jury trials, hopefully bringing down auto insurance rates as a result. Republican Representative Ray Garofalo says voters sent lawmakers to Baton Rouge with a mandate.
The reduction would potentially come two years after passage.
Seven hotel workers, including clerks and managers, are being accused of defrauding a Shreveport Holiday Inn Express of $280,000. Caddo Parish Sheriff’s spokesperson Cindy Chadwick says it was a tricky scheme.
Cut 13 (12) “…manipulate the books.”
Three people have been arrested so far and there are arrest warrants for four others