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4 Companies To Pay $5M In FEMA Trailer Settlement
boston.com 1 day agoFour FEMA contractors that installed or maintained government-issued trailers for storm victims after Hurricane Katrina have agreed to pay a total of $5 million to resolve claims that the temporary shelters exposed Gulf Coast residents to hazardous fumes.
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Katrina Survivor Launches Food Truck; Credits Education And God
suntimes.com 1 week agoThe New Orleans cuisine truck parked outside Kennedy King College on Tuesday wasn’t just selling red beans and rice, gumbo, shrimp and grits, and other Cajun eats. Proprietor Tracee Bright, a 38-year-old mother of four and 2010 graduate of the South Side school’s Washburne Culinary Institute, was also selling a dream. Bright relocated to Chicago two weeks after surviving Hurricane Katrina. On Aug. 28, 2005, her family followed thousands evacuating New Orleans on a crowded highway to Nashville, arriving in t










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