Federal court hears arguments over controversial FEMA flood insurance program

(The Center Square) — A federal judge heard Tuesday from 10 states and 43 parishes as the Pelican State and others try to stop a new flood risk map that could hit homeowners in the pocketbook.

The hearing was in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in front of U.S. District Court Judge Darrel J. Papillion. The plaintiffs, led by the state of Louisiana, are seeking an injunction to prevent FEMA from enacting the maps and prevent them from kicking grandfathered policies out of the program in a lawsuit brought by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry on June 1.