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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana has distributed less than $2 billion in federal aid to communities hit by Hurricane Katrina, drawing complaints from some New Orleans officials that the state is slowing their recovery.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has paid Louisiana roughly $5.1 billion to reimburse communities for construction projects. But only 38 percent of that money has reached communities nearly 16 months after the storm, agency spokesman Aaron Walker said Tuesday.
By contrast, Mississippi has distributed nearly half of the $2.2 billion it received from FEMA.
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