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Editorial Roundup: Louisiana
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ Jan. 2 The Advocate on lessons learned in 2020 to bring into 2021: There are lots of ways to characterize 2020, many of them not suitable for a family newspaper. Here’s one description that is: It was a learning experience. The coronavirus pandemic’s...
AP PHOTOS: Louisiana residents struggle months after storms
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Well after Hurricanes Laura and Delta ravaged southwest Louisiana, the state and its people are still far from recovered, with many living in tents and cooking their meals over open fires while they slowly work to rebuild their destroyed homes. Ricky and Cristin Trahan are among...
Editorial Roundup: Louisiana
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ Dec. 29 The Advocate on individual actions in the fight against the coronavirus: As usual, there’s a lot of attention to the details of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ restrictions on particular businesses in the coming weeks. That is more than understandable,...
Hurricanes, virus can't stop Louisiana couple's wedding
GRAND LAKE La. (AP) — Most couples might have wondered whether the forces of nature were against them after moving their wedding three times because of the pandemic and two hurricanes that hit almost the exact same spot within weeks of one another. But Emily Kitfield and Taylor Pascale were even more...
Pandemic, hurricanes top Louisiana news for 2020
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana, like the rest of the country, was hit hard in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic. It also was pummeled by hurricane after hurricane and faced a variety of accusations of racial injustice. The year’s top stories: COVID-19 The new coronavirus infected more than one in 20...
2 months after hurricanes, Louisiana residents still hurting
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — As southwest Louisiana recovers from the back-to-back hurricanes that hammered the region this year, signs of progress compete with lingering evidence of mass destruction. The fallen trees that carpeted neighborhoods have mostly been chopped up and hauled away, but the roofs they...
Lawmakers: Insurance disputes slow Louisiana storm recovery
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Southwest Louisiana lawmakers Wednesday criticized the insurance industry's handling of claims from Hurricanes Laura and Delta, describing slow responses, low-balled damage estimates and drones used to assess destruction instead of people. “We’re almost four months ago...
Federal judge in Louisiana approves hurricane lawsuit plan
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A federal judge in western Louisiana has approved a plan on how to settle thousands of lawsuits expected to be filed against insurance companies over damage from a pair of hurricanes that hit the region six weeks apart. Insurance companies and the parties who sue them will have to...
Louisiana law sets deadline for hurricane insurance filings
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says people who need to file proof of loss documents for insurance claims involving property damage from Hurricane Laura have until February to do so. Donelon's office says that state law requires giving property owners within a disaster...
Editorial Roundup: Louisiana
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ Dec. 2 The Advocate on National Football League COVID-19 rule violations by the New Orleans Saints: It took weeks as New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and the New Orleans Saints organizations looked at the same coronavirus data and came to different conclusions...
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