Where could Louisiana's biggest flood insurance hikes occur?

Where could Louisiana's biggest flood insurance hikes occur?

BY JENNIFER WADSWORTH | Assistant metro editor​ ​ ​

Where could Louisiana's biggest flood insurance hikes occur?

Trying to figure out what premium you’ll eventually pay under sweeping changes to the nation’s flood insurance program has been akin to solving a puzzle with missing pieces. FEMA, which oversees the program, has been stingy with information. But clues have emerged in newly written insurance policies and research from the First Street Foundation nonprofit, which has developed its own flood risk model. Here's Mike Smith with the story.

'Very significant' aid coming

While the Louisiana House waters down Gov. John Bel Edwards' plan to spend $500 million for a new bridge across the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, advocates say they are confident the project will get a major injection of state dollars by the time lawmakers adjourn on June 6. Will Sentell explains.

Teen victim ID'd

The 17-year-old victim in a shooting at Broadmoor Plantation Apartments Friday evening was killed as she tried to leave the complex after a fight, Baton Rouge police said. Elyse Carmosino brings us the latest.

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