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Flood insurance program, crucial to Louisiana, is set to expire Sunday morning

Por: The Advocate Politics September 30, 2023

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WASHINGTON – Though it's been a target of their complaints for years, even the most intense critics don’t want to see an end to the federal program that a half-million property owners depend upon to protect them from losses in catastrophic floods.“I will be the first to concede that America needs a National Flood Insurance Program that looks like we designed it on purpose,” U.S. Sen. John N. Kennedy, R-Madisonville, told his... + full article



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