All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 4 2016 // The rate of work-related injuries and illnesses among Louisiana’s private sector employers improved in 2015 to the best level in 14 years, the Louisiana Workforce Commission reported.That’s according to a...
Nov 4 2016 // Livingston Parish officials say the removal of August flood debris has topped the $13 million mark, with the final pickup set to begin. Mark Harrell, the parish’s emergency preparedness director, says the...
Nov 1 2016 // Louisiana’s cotton and sweet potato harvests have been negatively affected by the flooding rains in August, state agricultural specialists say.Based on reports, Dan Fromme, LSU AgCenter cotton specialist, said in a...
Oct 31 2016 // Louisiana law does not require a priest to notify authorities after hearing evidence of child abuse from a child making a religious confession, the state Supreme Court said on Oct. 28.The ruling came in an ongoing 2009...
Oct 27 2016 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Pointe Coupee Parish as a primary natural disaster area due to damages and losses caused by severe storms and flooding that occurred in August. Farmers and ranchers in...
Oct 26 2016 // Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, sheriff’s deputies say a man and a woman with numerous aliases are wanted in a flood contractor scheme that has taken more than $35,000 from two victims already in the Ponchatoula and...
Oct 25 2016 // First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending Oct. 15 increased from the previous week’s total.The state labor department figures show the initial claims rose to 2,674 from the...
Oct 24 2016 // Federal regulators have fined PPG Industries in Westlake, La. $92,642 for nine “serious” safety violations.The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the violations include failing to monitor...
Oct 24 2016 // Gov. John Bel Edwards bumped up his request to more than $4 billion for federal flood disaster aid to repair south Louisiana’s flood destruction, according to a letter to the White House released Friday.The...
Oct 24 2016 // Cyber Disaster Management“You need to think of [cybersecurity] like disaster management – similar to your plan for an event like Hurricane Katrina – where everybody is on the same page.” — Cari Toneck,...
Oct 21 2016 // A.M. Best has assigned a financial strength rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and a long-term issuer credit rating (Long-Term ICR) of “a-” to LUBA Indemnity Insurance Co.LUBA Indemnity a wholly owned subsidiary of...
Oct 17 2016 // People seeking disaster aid to help them recover from Louisiana’s catastrophic August flooding have an extra month to apply for assistance.The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced this week that the deadline...
Oct 14 2016 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has extended a previously issued emergency rule related to the historic flooding in multiple Louisiana counties in August.Emergency Rule 30 extends through Feb. 9, 2017, a...
Oct 14 2016 // Federal safety officials have cited a Louisiana chemical manufacturer for nine serious and two other violations, and issued fines of more than $92,000.The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health...
Oct 13 2016 // Louisiana’s transportation department has kicked off an ad campaign touting the safety benefits of the roundabout, those traffic circles that are cropping up more and more in the state.The three-week safety campaign...
Oct 13 2016 // Time is running out for business owners, homeowners and renters with damage from the August floods to apply for federal disaster loans.The Louisiana Department of Economic Development says the deadline to seek the...
Oct 12 2016 // Authorities have received more than 1,200 disaster fraud complaints related to August’s historic flooding in south Louisiana.U.S. Attorney Walt Green announced that tally on Oct. 7 during a press briefing at the...
Oct 11 2016 // Sen. Bill Cassidy says Louisiana will get $437 million of the $500 million in flood recovery assistance allocated by Congress.Congress approved the $500 million in flood recovery assistance as part of a hybrid spending...
Oct 10 2016 // More than four years since a massive sinkhole that in 2013 swallowed trees in Assumption Parish and forced more than 300 residents from their homes now no longer poses a risk to the public.Assumption Parish officials...
Oct 5 2016 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded Louisiana an additional $146 million to reimburse state and local governments for debris removal and other expenses related to this summer’s historic flooding.The...