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The story Louisiana homeowners have often been told about the skyrocketing property insurance premiums they face goes something like this: Due to storm-related losses in recent years, several insurance companies that wrote policies in Louisiana left or went bankrupt. The remaining insurers raised rates to cover their spiraling reinsurance and other costs.

The story Louisiana homeowners have often been told about the skyrocketing property insurance premiums they face goes something like this: Due to storm-related losses in recent years, several insurance companies

The story Louisiana homeowners have often been told about the skyrocketing property insurance premiums they face goes something like this: Due to storm-related losses in recent years, several insurance companies

When homeowners insurance rates started to soar and insurers began to flee coastal Alabama a decade ago, leaders there set out to try to “change the economics,” as a top

When homeowners insurance rates started to soar and insurers began to flee coastal Alabama a decade ago, leaders there set out to try to “change the economics,” as a top

There was a time when Republican gubernatorial front-runner Jeff Landry’s coziness with plaintiffs’ attorneys would have been a big red flag to conservative voters. Maybe it still will be.

There was a time when Republican gubernatorial front-runner Jeff Landry’s coziness with plaintiffs’ attorneys would have been a big red flag to conservative voters. Maybe it still will be.

Like Donald Trump and his multiple indictiments, there’s just no tarnishing Landry among his hardcore backers at this point.

Louisiana's state board of ethics hasn't been truly relevant in a long time, and that isn't likely to change after its latest partisan antics.

I’ll start with some old New Orleans election humor. “One Mardi Gras float rider asks his politician pal, Why do you throw beads into the cemetery? His buddy answers, That’s