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. HB 9 is a core part of a suite of insurance premium related bills this session. Ray Garofalo says his legislation is the result of extensive consultation with the insurance industry.
Opponents argue that these changes could limit a victim’s winnings in court while providing no promise rates would actually go down.
E. Pluribus Unum has assembled a substantial list of every 2020 presidential candidates’ positions on major topics in the South. Unum Founder and former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu says the list of policy positions is broken down over 15 of the biggest concerns they’ve heard.
Seven hotel workers are being accused of defrauding a Shreveport Holiday Inn Express of $280,000 by giving away free rooms, pocketing cash payments from guests and cooking the books to cover up the evidence. Caddo Parish Sheriff’s spokesperson Cindy Chadwick says three people have been taken into custody so far. Warrants remain open for siblings 41-year-old Amber Nelson and 43-year-old David Nelson as well as 24-year-old Jamilah King and 54-year-old Angela Mere Lane, all of Shreveport.
Cut 15 (05) “…Caddo Shreveport Crimestoppers.”
Crawfish farmers have been setting traps over the last month or so and the crop production so far is showing positive signs for the rest of the season. Across the state, about a quarter-million acres of underwater crawfish habitat are being farmed. In addition to that, LSU AgCenter Crawfish specialist Mark Shirley says the Atchafalaya Basin is where the wild crop is being harvested.
Cut 8 (09) “…in crawfish production.”
Crawfish season runs through May.