Louisiana RealEstateRama

NEW ORLEANS, LA - March 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The weather forecast indicates the temperature or wind chill factor in New Orleans is expected to fall to 35 degrees or below overnight on Saturday, March 2, 2013. All citizens should take appropriate precautions to protect themselves from the potentially dangerous effects of this weather

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nearly two-thirds of insurance rebates that are available to policyholders are unclaimed, according to Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon. Today, Commissioner Donelon and Department of Revenue (LDR) Director of Customer Service Kent LaPlace held a joint press conference to help make property owners aware of the opportunity to claim the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens) rebate. Donelon and LaPlace explained the simple process for claiming the rebates.

SHREVEPORT, LA - February 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that former Homer Housing Authority (HHA) Executive Director Michelle Green, 35, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, and five co-defendants were sentenced before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote for defrauding the HHA out of $430,000

BATON ROUGE - February 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced the reappointment of Kathy Brown to the Life Safety and Property Protection Advisory Board.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced today his decision to decline a recent rate request filed by State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (State Farm). State Farm submitted the request for the +16.6 percent rate increase to its homeowners program in November of 2012

January 08, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jack Ray Carr, of Baton Rouge, La., was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison for one count of corruptly interfering with the due administration of the Internal Revenue laws, four counts of filing false income tax returns and one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false income tax return, the Justice Department, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) announced. Additionally, Carr was sentenced to one year of supervised release.

BATON ROUGE, LA - November 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Louisiana property owners with flood insurance policies whose homes or other structures were damaged during Hurricane Isaac have an additional 60 days to file claims for their flood-related losses. This means policyholders have until late January 2013 to file.

BATON ROUGE, LA - October 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hurricane Isaac survivors repairing their homes with an eye toward avoiding damage from future storms can take several steps now to rebuild stronger and safer.

BATON ROUGE, LA - October 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A State/FEMA Disaster Recovery Center will reopen Monday, Oct. 22, in St. Bernard Parish to assist homeowners, renters and business owners who sustained uninsured or underinsured damage to their home or personal property as a result of Hurricane Isaac.

BATON ROUGE, LA - September 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Two State/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Recovery Centers are open in Jefferson Parish through Oct. 2 to assist homeowners, renters and business owners who sustained damage to their home or personal property as a result of Hurricane Isaac.

BATON ROUGE, LA - September 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- FEMA/State Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) opened Monday in St. Bernard and Orleans parishes to assist homeowners, renters and business owners who sustained damage to their home or personal property as a result of Hurricane Isaac.

BATON ROUGE - August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Following a very limited federal disaster declaration by the President of the United States that only granted a portion of the state’s request, Governor Bobby Jindal sent a letter to the federal government requesting a full disaster declaration for the state.

BATON ROUGE - July 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Bobby Jindal announced appointments to the State Board of Home Inspectors.

Washington, DC - July 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr. M.D. (R-South Louisiana) released the following statement after sending President Barack Obama a letter expediting port projects in the state while addressing dredging issues across the country. Coming on the heels of the President’s recent announcement of 7 nationally and regionally significant infrastructure projects being expedited to expand 5 major ports across the country, Boustany’s letter seeks to expedite port projects throughout the state of Louisiana

Washington, DC - April 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-South Louisiana), released the following statement after the Housing Authority of the City of Lafayette received a grant of $94,818.00 through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing