This Week in Louisiana Politics: car insurance, ankle monitors, and congressional races
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BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — On This Week in Louisiana Politics, Louisiana lawmakers are trying to drill down the main reasons why auto insurance rates are so much higher than in other states. The state Speaker of the House wants to find an agreement to put together a package of bills.
A new law is going into effect to crack down on ankle monitoring companies that lose track of the people they’re supposed to be watching.
Also, a state treasurer discusses the state’s fiscal cliff.
Later, a Republican is getting into the District 6 congressional race that is soon to be vacated by Garret Graves.
Organizations ask the courts to block the law that mandates the Ten Commandments be displayed in classrooms until after a decision is made in the lawsuit.
Louisiana lawmakers work to address ‘silent danger’ of thousands of dead and beetle-infested trees
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy urges lawmakers to make flood insurance more affordable.
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