All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 20 2023 // AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – More than 100,000 customers in the southern U.S. remained without power Monday following damaging storms, leaving residents searching for relief as sweltering temperatures continued to scorch the...
Jun 20 2023 // A $2 million fine, sanctions by federal courts and state bar orders that prevent its partners from practicing law do not change the fact that McClenny Moseley Associates filed more lawsuits in 2022 than any other US law...
Jun 19 2023 // Louisiana homeowners will soon be able to apply for grants to retrofit their roofs to beyond-code construction standards, spurring discounts to their insurance premiums.State lawmakers appropriated $30 million to the...
Jun 14 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Authorities in a southwest Louisiana school district have agreed to develop a magnet school in a historically Black school zone to draw students of all races from across the district in a step...
Jun 13 2023 // Lawmakers in two states passed bills this year to require disclosure of litigation funding contracts. Business groups are pushing for similar rules in federal courts nationwide.Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte on May 2 signed...
Jun 13 2023 // Lawmakers in two states passed bills this year to require disclosure of litigation funding contracts. Business groups are pushing for similar rules in federal courts nationwide.Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte on May 2 signed...
Jun 9 2023 // EW ORLEANS (AP) – The oxygen-depleted “dead zone” that forms each year in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana and Texas is forecast to cover about 4,155 square miles (10,761 square kilometers) this...
Jun 8 2023 // In the early hours of Aug. 22, 2020, Hurricane Laura was still just a tropical storm off the coast of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. But effects from the monstrous storm, which would ultimately take at least 81...
Jun 5 2023 // LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) – An evacuation order was lifted early Sunday for residents near a southwest Louisiana refining company where lighting is believed to have sparked a fire at a chemical storage tank.The fire at...
Jun 5 2023 // Even though they have been suspended from the practice of law, attorneys with Houston, Texas-based McClenny Moseley & Associates continue to rack up penalties as federal judges clean up a mess created by the law...
Jun 2 2023 // A survey published this week by Louisiana State University (LSU)’s Manship School of Mass Communication found that 17% of residents reported their provider cancelled their policy in 2022.The results are part of the...
Jun 2 2023 // A federal lawsuit claims FEMA failed to take into account skyrocketing flood insurance costs generated by its new rating system, Risk Rating 2.0.Ten states, along with 43 Louisiana parishes and more than a dozen levee...
May 31 2023 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) is reminding residents to review and assess their roof insurance coverage ahead of the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which begins June 1. LDI recommends policyholders review...
May 30 2023 // A pair of Louisiana parishes lead CoreLogic’s ranking of riskiest U.S. housing markets based on natural-disaster probability.CoreLogic’s Climate Risk Analytics: Composite Risk Score (CRA Composite Risk Score)...
May 26 2023 // A New Orleans television station broadcast an audio recording of a founding partner of the McClenny Moseley & Associates law firm admitting that his law firm used a roofing company and a marketing firm to sign on...
May 23 2023 // The Louisiana Supreme Court appointed an attorney to take control of the “multitude of hurricane and storm-related” lawsuits filed in state courts by McClenny Moseley and Associates.In an order posted online...
May 22 2023 // “I wanted to bring this update to let everyone know that everyone at Riskworld is safe and sound. … We’ve unfortunately had to cancel the closing finale session simply out of an abundance of caution....
May 19 2023 // The second application period for the Insure Louisiana Incentive Program was canceled this week as the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) waits on lawmakers to appropriate more funding for the program.The 30-year day...
May 19 2023 // Even though they have been suspended from the practice of law, attorneys with McClenny Moseley & Associates continue to rack up penalties as federal judges clean up a mess created by the law firm’s mass filing of...
May 16 2023 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a settlement with Evonik Corporation that will reduce emissions of ethylene oxide and other hazardous air pollutants by 5.6 tons per year from a facility in...