State wants feds to forgive more disaster loans
BATON ROUGE — One in five of the sheriffs, school boards, parish councils and other storm-ravaged local government agencies who borrowed federal money after hurricanes Katrina and Rita won’t have to...
View ArticleLouisiana gets another $390M in FEMA aid
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana is receiving another $390 million in federal hazard mitigation money to raise homes and make other improvements to protect against future storms after officials argued FEMA...
View ArticleState seeks $10M from ICF for Road Home mistakes
The state is demanding the company that dispensed money the Road Home program for three years pay nearly $10 million for its mismanagement of storm recovery funds. The Louisiana’s Office of Community...
View ArticleLouisiana Citizens offers $80M to settle to lawsuit over Katrina, Rita claims
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has offered to settle a dispute over slow handling of hurricane claims from 2005 for up to $80 million, with no more than $25 million of that...
View ArticleSt. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office receives additional FEMA funding
The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office will receive more than $5.5 million in public assistance funding to replace contents that were damage during Hurricane Katrina. The Federal Emergency Management...
View ArticleCitizens pays $61M to settle Katrina, Rita claims
BATON ROUGE — A state-run insurance company of last resort agreed Thursday to settle two remaining class-action lawsuits tied to claims handled after hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The board for the...
View ArticleFederal audit says Katrina aid may have been misspent
Federal investigators say as much as $700 million in federal aid intended to help some 24,000 Louisiana families elevate their homes after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 may have been misspent.
View ArticleState may alter some Road Home requirements
Louisiana may ease some of the restrictions on the use of federal aid money in the state Road Home program for homeowners who sought to rebuild, repair or sell property damaged by hurricanes Katrina...
View ArticleLoan program for startups extended
The New Orleans BioFund, which has dispersed approximately $1.66 million in financing for local startups since its inception in the fall of 2012, will continue for at least another year.
View ArticleHurricane settlement letters mailed out
Letters are going out this week to residents and businesses in New Orleans, St. Bernard Parish and the east bank of Jefferson Parish notifying them they could receive payments ranging from $1 to $463...
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