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La. insurers required to give fortified roof discount Document lays out level that must be provided
BY SAM KARLIN Staff writer
Louisiana will soon push home insurers to give specific discounts in exchange for homeowners getting fortified roofs, after a yearslong debate over how to deliver savings to residents who face soaring insurance premiums. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple’s office quietly released a bulletin to insurers last Friday that lays out the level of discount they now must provide, which varies depending on the type of fortification and region of the state. If they don’t meet the threshold, they must provide actuarial math justifying the lower discount, similar to how Alabama operates.
ä See ROOF, page 7A
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Randy Hayman, executive director of the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans, and Kaitlin Tymrak, the agency’s interim general superintendent, speak during a City Council Public Works Committee meeting on Tuesday.
Bill targets disruptions at church services
BY BEN MYERS Staff writer
New Orleans City Council members on Tuesday demanded that Sewerage & Water Board leaders move faster to address repeated water main breaks, which have rattled residents after a series of neighborhood floods and boil water advisories over the past three months. During a meeting of the council’s Public Works Committee, council member Jason Hughes, the committee chair, and other members sought answers from S&WB Executive Director Randy Hayman and his lieutenants on the reasons for the recent breaks and how they planned to fix it. They pointed to smaller leaks across the city that they said have been reported weeks ago with little noticeable progress in fixing them, and passed along residents’ fears that more disruptions could be ahead. Hughes said he would help the S&WB advocate for funding to ad-
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council members they are working to repair “hot spots” where pipes are vulnerable to leaks and potential ruptures while formulating a broader plan for the entire water transmission system.
Some Louisiana lawmakers want to make it a state crime to disrupt religious services, weeks after an anti-ICE protesters interrupted a Minneapolis church service, drawing condemnation from conservatives across the country. On Tuesday, the Senate’s Judiciary C committee greenlit two bills that create criminal penalties intended to address such incidents. They were Senate Bill 35 by Bill Wheat, a Republican state senator from Ponchatoula, and Senate Bill 306 by
ä See BREAKS, page 9A
ä See CHURCH, page 7A
Water flows on South Claiborne Avenue after a water main break in Uptown New Orleans on Feb. 23. dress the problems, but he hasn’t received any plan of action or cost estimate for what’s needed. “I don’t know what we’re advocating for, because I don’t see a plan,” Hughes said. “We have got to operate with a greater sense of urgency.” S&WB officials tried to assure
‘It was a dream that I never knew I had’ La. native gets chance to play Banana Ball
day in November, he decided to take a nap. But the nap plans were interThe baseball draft that GrizBY ROD WALKER Staff writer zaffi had been highly anticipating rupted by that FaceTime call was nearing the end. where one simple question was Rounds seven, eight and nine asked by the guys on the other The FaceTime call came through just as Bryce Grizzaffi’s came and went and he had yet to end. “Are you ready to be a Bahead hit the pillow, which is re- hear his name. As the disappointment started nana?” ally when dreams are supposed to creep in more and more on that to start anyway. This was the call that Grizzaffi,
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a Morgan City native, had been waiting for. It was an opportunity to play with the Savannah Bananas, the oh-so popular baseball team that travels the country and mixes America’s pastime with a whole lot of showmanship and fan participation.
ä See DREAM, page 8A
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