A task force appointed by newly-elected Republican Gov. Jeff Landry?called for a state-led takeover of the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board, a drastic action that would yank oversight of the agency away from city officials and seek to implement sweeping reforms.
Much of the U.S. is in shock or mourning after after a container ship lost power and crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, collapsing the major transportation route.
The Louisiana House voted Wednesday to allow insurance companies more leeway to drop homeowner policies, a move supporters say will help solve Louisiana’s insurance crisis. The companies are currently banned from dropping homeowners who have been customers for at least three years.?