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WAAY 31 Investigates: Rising homeowner’s insurance rates are pricing some people out of their homes | News [Video]

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Whitley Hardy never imagined she’d have to choose whether to pay her homeowner’s insurance or feed her children. But rising homeowner’s insurance premiums are forcing her family to sell their dream home and become renters.

Hardy and her husband built that dream home two years ago, near Birmingham and expected to live their long-term. Things changed earlier this year when she got a letter in the mail from her mortgage company.

“It said, starting next month, your mortgage is going to go up from X amount to Y amount, and we’re not talking $50, $100. We’re talking a significant difference – somewhere between $600 and $700 higher a month.”

Nothing about her home or property had changed, so she quickly called her insurance …

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New Orleans residents', businesses' water services disrupted due to water valve repairs [Video]

NEWS. ARIELLE. THANK YOU. HEADS UP. STARTING THIS WEEKEND. SEWERAGE AND WATER BOARD CREWS WILL BE PREPARING WATER VALVE AND FIRE HYDRANTS IN DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS. THEYLL BE REPAIRING THEM AND ITS EXPECTED TO IMPACT NEIGHBORS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES. THIS WEEKEND AROUND SOUTH JERSEY AND PERDIDO STREETS TO SOUTH GRAVIER FROM 8 A.M. UNTIL NOON TOMORROW, ALSO FROM 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M. SIMON BOLIVAR AVENUE FROM SECOND STREET TO FIRST STREET WILL BE IMPACTED SINCE CREWS ARE REPAIRING VALVES IN THAT AREA AS WELL. SO WE HAVE A FULL LIST OF ALL THE WORK THATS GOING ON RIGHT

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Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to lead new 'Department of Government Efficiency' [Video]

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new Department of Government Efficiency" which is not, despite the name, a government agency.The acronym DOGE is a nod to Musk's favorite cryptocurrency, dogecoin. Trump said in a statement that Musk and Ramaswamy will work from outside the government to offer the White House advice and guidance and will partner with the Office of Management and Budget to drive large scale structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before. He added that the move would shock government systems.It's not clear how the organization will operate. It could come under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which dictates how external groups that advise the government must operate and be accountable to the public.Federal employees are generally required to disclose their assets and entanglements to ward off any potential conflicts of interest, and to divest significant holdings relating to their work. Because Musk and Ramaswamy would not be formal federal workers, they would not face those requirements or ethical limitations.Musk posted on X: Department of Government Efficiency. The merch will be (fire emojis). Later he added: Threat to democracy? Nope, threat to BUREAUCRACY!!!Musk has been a constant presence at Mar-a-Lago since Trump won the presidential election.The president-elect has often said he would give Musk a formal role overseeing a group akin to a blue-ribbon commission that would recommend ways to slash spending and make the federal government more efficient. Musk at one point suggested he could find more than $2 trillion in savings nearly a third of total annual government spending.Trump had made clear that Musk would likely not hold any kind of full-time position, given his other commitments.I dont think I can get him full-time because hes a little bit busy sending rockets up and all the things he does, Trump said at a rally in Michigan in September. He said the waste in this country is crazy. And were going to get Elon Musk to be our cost cutter.Ramaswamy suspended his campaign in January and threw his support behind Trump.Trump said in his statement the two will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies."