 Deanna B. Narveson After the storm: Hurricane Francine, which blew through south Louisiana as a Category 2 storm last week, will likely cost insurers about $1.5 billion in home and auto claims, not including flood losses covered by the National Flood Insurance Program, according to the Insurance Information Institute, an independent research organization. What will that mean for Louisiana's insurance market? Read more.
Incorporation date disagreement: On Aug. 29, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome proposed an intergovernmental agreement, offering a plan for the new city of St. George to begin receiving $600,000 a month in parish taxes to help fund the newly formed government. But also included in that plan was a proposal for the city-parish and St. George to file a joint motion in court to set an incorporation date of July 1, 2024 for the new city, as Broome said the law requires. However, St. George Mayor Dustin Yates says the city's incorporation data is in Oct. 2019, and that they will not file a motion in court to change it. Read more.
Guilty verdict: A Baton Rouge mother whose toddler son died after ingesting a fatal dose of fentanyl was found guilty Tuesday of second-degree murder. It took the jury less than an hour to convict Whitney Adriel Ard after listening to four days of testimony. Read the full story. | 
