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NEWS ARCHIVES

May 29 • Thousands of families who lost everythingto Katrina's fury last August are now facing a second disaster: their insurers won't pay them a dime. msnbc.msn.com

May 28 • Ronnie Agnew: 9 months later, Coast recovery still slow the Gulf Coast The Clarion-Ledger

Miss. withholds Katrina money amid audit
Seattle Post Intelligencer

May 25 • Coastal residents struggle to find deeds, other records swamped by Katrina's waters
The (San Jose) Mercury News
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Builders told of coming bonanza  The Sun Herald

State Farm refusing appraisal, despite its own policy language Insurer is urging mediation instead  The Sun Herald

Miami - An Architect With Plans for a New Gulf
Coast Europaconcors

May 24 • An Architect With Plans for a New Gulf Coast
New York Times

FEMA seeks to evict 3,000 displaced by Katrina NPR

May 23 • BOBBY HARRISON: Expect another round about
'full funding' The Daily Journal

May 22 • Governor seeks $100 million for public housing on Coast The Hattiesburg American

Katrina: Barbour’s housing message crucial
T
he Clarion-Ledger

State high court orders lawyers to contribute to fund for the poor The Sun Herald

Katrina victims appealing eviction by FEMA from trailers
The Buffalo (NY) News

May 22 • High levels of formaldehyde are being found in FEMA trailers
http://www.louisianaweekly.com

May 21 • Houston (TX) Chronicle - Hurricane-struck Gulf Coast still picking up the pieces http://www.chron.com

May 21 • Northeast MS Daily Journal - NE Miss. could feel pinch from Katrina on insurance http://www.dailyjournal.com

May 21 • Chicago Daily Herald - Dickie Scruggs finances his own legal battle
http:www.dailyherald.com

May 21 • New York Times - "Battle for Biloxi;" Katrina hit Mississippi harder than it did Louisiana, and the destruction there was more complete.http://www.nytimes.com

May 21 • San Francisco Chronicle - Winds treat FEMA trailers like tuna cans http://www.sfgate.com

May 20 • Boston Globe - Despite hurricane threat, rebuidling continues along Mississippi coast www.boston.com

May 20Los Angeles Times - 30 days notice - 3,000 Mississippi Katrina victims (about 450 households) have received FEMA letters advising they are ineligible

 

 

 

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