By Anonymous The state today outlined programs involving grants, loans and direct aid that fishermen recovering from hurricanes Katrina and Rita may be eligible for.

This southwestern Louisiana town may have dried out and cleaned up since getting flattened by Hurricane Rita, but its recovery is moving in slow motion: Nearly everyone still lives in temporary housing. The post office operates out of a trailer.

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By Anonymous About $6.7 billion in federal construction dollars have been invested in reconstructing Louisiana homes, schools and other infrastructure so far, with most of the dollars hitting the ground over the past year, according to the Louisiana Recovery Authority.

By MELINDA DESLATTE BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana may have to draw from other hurricane aid programs to cover a projected $3 billion shortfall in the program that provides rebuilding grants to homeowners, the head of the Louisiana Recovery Authority said Friday.