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Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

Apr. 25, 2024 07:19 AM EDT

The Advocate. April 21, 2024. Editorial: Let’s try free market approach to insurance — but don’t leave consumers in the cold If fixing Louisiana’s property insurance crisis were easy, we would have done it already. That’s the message state Senate President...

Louisiana man pleads guilty to 2021 gas station killing after Hurricane Ida

Jan. 30, 2024 17:13 PM EST

GRETNA, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2021 shooting death of another man during a dispute in a line at a suburban New Orleans gas station after Hurricane Ida. During a break in jury selection for his second murder trial, Walter Sippio, 22, of...