One lucky crawfish will be treated like royalty as he will have his life spared this morning. Colleen Crain reports.
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Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says property insurance reforms are working. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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New Orleans native Quannas White, the current associate head coach at the University of Houston, has been named the 15th head coach of the U-L Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns men’s basketball team. Sean Richardson reports.
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Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser will be pardoning a crawfish today. This is the ninth year he has taken part in the ritual as part of an unofficial kickoff to crawfish season in Louisiana.
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The ceremony will be held this morning at nine at Pat’s Fisherman’s Wharf Restaurant in Henderson, just east of Lafayette in St. Martin Parish. Lieutenant Governor Nungesser says the pardoned crawfish will be given the name of the restaurant’s founder and namesake.
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Nungesser says the crawfish to be named Pat Huval will be treated like royalty.
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The pardoned crawfish’s family, on the other hand, won’t be as lucky. Nungesser says they will be boiled alive.
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The lease for the temporary housing facility in New Orleans’ Gentilly neighborhood that housed homeless people during the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras expires today, but it will remain open for the time being. Mike Steele with GOHSEP says they’re going to extend the lease of the facility on France Road as long as necessary in short chunks.
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Steele says there are far fewer people in the transitional center today.
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The transitional center was designed to be more than simply a roof over people’s heads. It also involved transportation services to and from jobs or medical appointments, job placement services and counseling services. Steele says the mission has been a success.
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Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says property insurance reforms in Louisiana are working. Temple says since the legislature passed his package of property insurance reform bills last year, rates are starting to trend in the right direction.
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Temple says the Department of Insurance has licensed ten new insurers since the start of last year’s session. He says while there’s still a ways to go, Louisiana is seeing benefits of reform faster than one of its Gulf Coast neighbors.
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Temple says another factor in the change in the property insurance trend is the fortified roofs program, which he says has many more benefits than one.
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New Orleans native Quannas White, the current associate head coach at the University of Houston, has been named the 15th head coach of the U-L Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns men’s basketball team. The Advocate’s Kevin Foote says White was the obvious choice.
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Under mentor Kelvin Sampson, White played a key role in Houston’s success, contributing to multiple NCAA Tournament appearances and a 235-43 overall record. As a player at Oklahoma, White helped lead the Sooners to the 2002 Final Four. His coaching career includes stints at Western Kentucky and Tulane. Foote says the question was, would White take the job?
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Foote says he thinks White will be well accepted, but he does have a lot of work to do. Especially if he plans on bringing Houston’s strategies and schemes to U-L Lafayette.
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The Saints have a new coaching staff for 2025, led by Head Coach Kellen Moore. This is the 36-year-old’s first head coaching job in the NFL. He was the offensive coordinator for the Eagles last season, helping them win Super Bowl 59. Moore says he’s working to build relationships with both his players and his fellow coaches.
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Moore’s two coordinators are coaches that he had worked with in the past. Offensive Coordinator Doug Nussmeier was the Eagles quarterbacks coach last season. He says his experience in Philadelphia was amazing, especially how it culminated.
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In 2023, Brandon Staley was the head coach of the Chargers, and Moore was his offensive coordinator. In New Orleans, the spots on the organizational chart are flip-flopped, with Staley now serving as Moore’s defensive coordinator. Staley says Moore is the real deal as a coach.
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