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AL: Insurance forum set this week to discuss coastal coverage
By Ryan Dezember, Mobile Register
FOLEY, Ala. — Since last fall, ACT-II, a faith-based advocacy group, has been compiling alarming anecdotes in coastal Alabama from people who have lost their homeowners insurance or been priced out of the insurance market.
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LA: State asks feds to OK funds for N.O. hospital
By Allen M. Johnson Jr., The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
The Louisiana Recovery Authority on Tuesday voted to ask Congress to allow the state to use money left over from the Road Home program for other purposes — such as replacing flood-damaged Charity Hospital in New Orleans.
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LA: Properties' transfer to parish OK'd
By Bill Barrow, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
The Louisiana Recovery Authority gave final approval Tuesday for the transfer of at least 137 properties from the Louisiana Land Trust to St. Tammany Parish government, leaving environmental reviews as the last hurdle before local officials take control of the hurricane-damaged parcels.
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MS: Insurance costs keep Miss. Habitat houses locked
By Shelia Byrd, The Associated Press, The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson)
In four states along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, Habitat for Humanity came with a mission to build hundreds of homes during a spring blitz so people pushed into poverty after Katrina would have the chance to own a home.
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Katrina aftermath: Tears of a civic warrior
By Neal Peirce, Special to Stateline.org
WASHINGTON - "I got out at the last moment, driving 16 straight hours to Birmingham with Evelyn Cox, my 96-year-old neighbor, and Coco the French cat. We are very fortunate to have made it."
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This special issue page provides news updates on how state governments are handling hurricane threats three years after Hurricane Katrina.
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