La. slow to provide Katrina funding

BATON ROUGE (AP) — 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.

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