September is airbag recall repair month. Are you one of the motorists that’s procrastinated about getting yours replaced? Brooke Thorington has more.
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State Farm is set to lower it’s auto insurance rates again. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Is your car one of the 152-thousand in Louisiana that has a recalled airbag? The National Safety Council and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles are all urging motorist to have their airbags checked and repaired immediately. FCA spokesperson Chris Freeman says September is Recall Awareness Month.
Freeman says many motorists ignored the recall and do not realize that defective devices can cause more harm than good.
Freeman says the recall is of major concern in Louisiana due to the weather. Heat and humidity can greatly affect a defective airbag and make it life-threatening instead of life-saving.
To find out if your airbags are under a recall go to Check-To-Protect-dot-org and enter your Vehicle Identification Number. Then schedule an appointment for a repair. All repairs are free.
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Governor John Bel Edwards provided details today on the 52-million dollars in federal money that will go towards expanding I-12 in St. Tammany Parish from Highway 190 to Highway 59. Edwards says the state faces a 14-billion dollar backlog in highway projects, but they are using any available dollars wisely…
Edwards says this investment will provide more economic opportunities and ease congestion for a three-mile stretch of I-12…
This funding comes out of a 76-million dollar allocation from the federal government announced last week. State Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson says they’ll open the project up for bids in December and once a contractor is in place they’ll know when construction will start
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Gubernatorial candidate, Republican Congressman Ralph Abraham, spoke out against the Edwards Administration’s handling of Medicaid this morning on the steps of the Louisiana Department of Health.
Abraham says despite a 14.8-billion-dollar Department of Health budget the state is still one of the least healthy in the nation.
The Congressman adds the amount the state will have to spend to maintain the Medicaid expansion will increase further in 2020 after the federal match rate decreases.
He called out the Division of Administration, the LDH Secretary, and Governor for not being transparent about Medicaid and it’s increasing costs, but says he would not undo the expansion…
Abraham says he would save the state money and fix Medicaid by implementing more detailed income analysis for the program, removing people who make over the 16,764 dollars a year limit.
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State Farm announces the company is cutting it’s auto insurance rates by 2.6 percent effective November 25th.
State Farm Spokesperson Felicia Van Frank says their rates have been steadily dropping for several years as costs have decreased in Louisiana.
Those rate changes may be dependent on your policies.
Van Frank says the savings come down to improving their expense situation and lower loss numbers.
The 2.6 percent decrease comes out to 36.6 million dollars in savings for State Farm customers.
Van Frank says there’s other ways you can lower your rate, and if you are a State Farm customer now would be a good time to check in with your insurance agent.